schedule of planning applications

The cattery will be open for visitors by appointment between 10:00 and 12:00 and
15:00 and 17:00 on Mondays to Saturdays and 10:00 to 12:00 on Sundays and Bank
Holidays. The applicant will also offer a collection and delivery service.
1 full-time member of staff and 2 part-time members are to be employed by the
cattery should they be required. The part-time staff will be on site at different times.
The applicant expects very few deliveries as she intends to purchase most items on
an infrequent basis in bulk from the cash and carry.
No deliveries or arrival of clients will be via Chander Close, and the applicant does
not envisage any increased traffic in Chander Close.
There will be internal lighting for the cattery and this will only operate until 5pm in the
winter and not at all in the summer unless there is an emergency. The lighting in the
safety corridor will be low level.
The heating in the cattery will be provided by low voltage panel heaters that do not
glow. Any lighting that is needed in the early evening for additional checks will be low
level and only switched on when necessary.
The applicant proposes that access arrangements for customers with a disability will
be available on the business’s website, and these will also be explained when
bookings take place so that customers will know what to expect on arrival.
The time needed for customers to be on site will be minimised by preparing the
paperwork required for individual cat stays in advance so there will be minimal
administration when customers are on site, and an appointment system will be used.
To address the potential issue of vermin being attracted to the site, bagged cat food
will be stored in a metal cupboard in an outbuilding and vermin control will be in
place.
The application site is surrounded on all sides by fences/hedges/trees which exceed
1.8m in height and will provide screening. The applicant has confirmed that
although there are trees on the development site, no significant trees will be affected
by the development.
The applicants operate another business (West Country Catering) from the site. This
is a small outside catering business that trades only on Saturdays in the summer. It
has been confirmed that all the catering is carried out at the client’s venue and
deliveries go directly to the client’s venue.
This business is operated as a sole trader and the garage is used to store personal
property and business equipment. There are no staff employed at the site in
association with this business.
The applicant has stated that deliveries are few and far between and consist of fresh
vegetables and sometimes rolls on a Saturday which are taken directly to the client’s
venue. Everything else goes directly to the venue.
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