Land at Bebside Motors, Front Street, Bebside

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Commercial units originally utilised as garage premises, comprising a variety of buildings hosting tenants relating to the motor industry. This included car sales showroom and workshops for servicing and repair. These uses continued until relatively recent times before being converted for other commercial uses. The site was identified for residential development a number of years ago. Demolition of the existing buildings and clearance of the site would be required prior to this. Outline consent for 15 dwellings was secured in 2008 but lapsed without any progress being made (B/07/00601/OUT). Since then, the site has continue to be utilised for business use, although the make up of the site has changed and it is now occupied by the Fat Butcher Ltd. Gradual conversion and extension of the existing buildings has been undertaken to provide wholesale retail premises, storage facilities and most recently a restaurant, bar and amusement arcade. These changes have been enabled by a number permissions (14/04264/COU, 16/00942/FUL, 16/03176/FUL, 16/03225/FUL). However, as there is an existing use/business in situ, and because there has been no indication in many years that there is an intention to relocated and/or redevelop the site, there is no evidence to suggest this has potential to provide new housing. No longer considered developable/developable and future housing delivery is discounted in the SHLAA.

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