Change of use of former gym to furniture retail outlet, Removals House

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Change of use from a gym to a furniture retail outlet at 39 Finch Road, Douglas
• ✓Furniture retailing was the building's previous use before the gym
• ✓Reversion to a recent use considered unobjectionable by the officer
• ✓Decision made under delegated powers by the Director of Planning
• ✓change of use to furniture retailing, which was the previous use of the building
• ✓reversion to a recent unobjectionable use

Permission was granted to change the use of a former gym at 39 Finch Road, Douglas to a furniture retail outlet trading as Removals House. The site occupies the footprint of the gym at the top of Well Road Hill. The officer's assessment centred on the fact that furniture retailing had been the building's previous use. The proposal was therefore treated as a reversion to a recent and unobjectionable use rather than an entirely new change of use. The application was approved on 10 September 2004 by the Director of Planning under delegated authority, with three conditions attached.

The application was approved on 10 September 2004 under delegated powers. The key planning consideration was that furniture retailing had been the building's previous use, making this a reversion to a recent and unobjectionable use rather than a new or untested change.

Conditions (3)

1. 1

   Condition 1

   The use must be taken up within four years of the date of this notice in order for this approval to remain valid after that time.

2. 2

   Condition 2

   No approval is hereby granted to any building operations or to the erection of new or different signage.

3. 3

   Condition 3

   This approval relates to the submitted drawings which are date-stamped 19th July 2004.

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