A decision on whether to allow the premises to open has been delayed after the council received over 100 objections
Controversial plans to open a fried chicken shop have been delayed after concerns including over the odour that could seep into nearby flats. The proposal for a Chester’s Chicken franchise, on Liverpool Road in Penwortham town centre has sparked local anger, with 114 objections being sent to South Ribble Borough Council.
Even before the item was withdrawn from the agenda, some committee members had expressed concern over the plans – with one proposing they be refused outright. That followed comments from Howick and Priory ward representative David Howarth, who said he was “disappointed” that the planning department’s recommendation for refusal was “based on misinformation”.
He also took issue with a claim in the agenda report that the nearest residential properties were over 70 metres away, on the opposite side of Liverpool Road, along Queensway. He highlighted the flats above the neighbouring retail units to the proposed chicken shop, one of which, he said, was just 3.65 metres from where the takeaway’s extraction system would be installed.
He did acknowledge that the council was “not party to any rental agreements” regarding the claimed recent letting of the unit, but stressed that the premises had, in any case, “remained vacant” over the last year. However, committee member David Shaw had heard enough and proposed refusal of the application, because of his concern that neighbouring residential properties were “just too close to it”.
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