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Protests over new take-away seem doomed

Wednesday, 5th May 2010.

Residents who have protested about plans for a second take-away at Hanchet End look likely to be disappointed by councillors tomorrow.

St Edmundsbury Borough Council development control committee has been recommended to approve plans for a second hot food take-away at Apple Acre Road, next to Dominos Pizza.

Nearby residents and Haverhill Town Council had both objected to the plan on the grounds of the extra traffic noise and disturbance, litter and smells it would generate.

But councillors will be told at tommorrow's meeting of the committee that conditions would be placed on the development to ensure there was no nuisance from smells or the noise of extractors.

The unit is one of three which were built as part of a development which included a care home.

The original plans were that they would be take-aways, but the use of all three was restricted to ordinary retail only, after protests from neighbours.

But the change of one to become Dominos was allowed, and now councillors are being told there has still been no market interest in the units as shops.

However, there has been interest from take-aways, and planners say this would cause no more noise and disturbance than a convenience shop for which there is already permission.

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Haverhill, UKPosted by Beefeater at 12:12AM on 5th May, 2010. (87.112.xxx.xxx)

Obviously the St Edmundsbury Borough Council development control committee do not live anywhere near take-away's so have no idea and do not want to know what the local residents will suffer from.

Maybe a 'Tourist' sign should be attached to the ugly monstrosity on Haverhill's roundabout saying 'Welcome to the Litter, Take-away and Hairdressing Capital of Suffolk'.

Just when Haverhill has a chance to become an 'Up Market' town the planners are allowing developments to maintain the status quo that has blighted this town since the 1960's.

It was only recently that somebody told me that the term 'Haverhole' was regularly used by locals and that name is fully justified.

 

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