Is planning permission needed to convert front of house into a hairdresser?

wazza2004

Friend's new neighbour is going to convert the front room of the house into a hairdresser. The rest of the property will be rented accommodation with entrance at the rear. Would they need planning permission? Would my friend need to be consulted?

booksurr

yes they need PP for the hairdresser because it is classed as a "change of use" from residential to commercial

read this:
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/9/change_of_use

by rented accommodation do you mean the neighbour will not be living in it themselves as their own home? Whether they need permission for the rented accommodation is a different matter as that is down to whether it will be let for multiple occupation and whether the council has a licensing arrangement in place for such

wazza2004

Thanks for the link. Was actually looking at it before posting this.

Will my friend be notified by the planning office?

From what he heard the owner will not be living in it.

He has noticed builders doing work inside the property but can't see what is happening. Have advised him just ask and see what is happening.

anselld

They might get away with it if they can show the hairdressing is ancillary to the main use, but that sounds unlikely from what you have described.

Cakeguts

You can't just turn a residential house into a shop. A hairdresser is a type of shop. You need planning permission for change of use from residential to commercial and it may not be allowed so there is no point starting work until you have got planning permission.

Tell your friend to contact the local planning office and ask when planning permission was applied for. Your friend should have been notified about the request for planning permission because a commercial property will cause more traffic and more noise.

elverson

If your friend is a direct neighbour or within a few doors, they will get a notice by post when the application goes in. There will also be a yellow laminated notice on the property itself.

wazza2004

Thanks for the replies. Will get him to ring up planning permission dept.

wazza2004

Update. He rang the planning permission dept. There has been no plans submitted. He has been told he will be notified by post, there will be a notice posted on a lamppost nearby and gave him a link to a website where he can check for latest applications and their status.

Davesnave

elverson wrote: »

If your friend is a direct neighbour or within a few doors, they will get a notice by post when the application goes in. There will also be a yellow laminated notice on the property itself.

In ideal circumstances, perhaps, but in these cash-strapped days, the planning office may just use a convenient lamp post.

Indeed, with my last two planning submissions, the council sent me the notice and asked me to display it 'prominently.'

I also had to laminate it myself!

moneyistooshorttomention

Davesnave wrote: »

In ideal circumstances, perhaps, but in these cash-strapped days, the planning office may just use a convenient lamp post.

Indeed, with my last two planning submissions, the council sent me the notice and asked me to display it 'prominently.'

I also had to laminate it myself!

So, depending on the Council, it sounds like it is possible that neighbours might never be notified of planning submissions? - ie because a Council might send the relevant stuff just to the neighbour concerned and they omit to publicise it?:eek:

(NB: I'm sure you did tell your neighbours Dave - even Mr Dog:rotfl: - but I can think of neighbours not a million miles from me that would "omit to publicise it" about something like that:cool:).

So - I guess the next question would be as to whether either the Council concerned or the person that "omitted to publicise it" could be penalised for that??

Freecall

elverson wrote: »

There will also be a yellow laminated notice on the property itself.

To paraphrase the BBC ......

Other colours are available in other parts of the country.