DENTAL PRACTICE APPROVED IN RURAL AREA.

• 3rd March 2015
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MKA Planning Ltd. have recently obtained planning permission on behalf of our Client for a dental practice at Killycolp Road, Cookstown.

This was a challenging project. The Client wanted a dental practice in the rural area outside Cookstown.  His wife was operating an ‘un-authorised’ beauty salon at the application site.

MKA indicated that a straightforward application for a dental practice was unlikely to be successful as the application site only had permission for a garden centre.

MKA devised a planning strategy to get the dental practice approved through initially getting a CLUED Certificate for the beauty salon as a Class 1 Retail Use meaning that the premises could be used as a retail shop in the countryside.

An application was then submitted for the dental practice arguing that this community facility was more appropriate in the rural area and represented a planning gain and also got rid of the lawful retail shop.  Planning Service accepted the MKA planning logic and granted permission.

If you have a planning application or are an unauthorised use that has been operating for over 5 years without planning permission contact Matt or one of the MKA Team at 028 71311551 to discuss your options in regularising your situation.