Flats plan rejected over living conditions concern

Planning permission for flats which have already been built above a takeaway in Bradford has been refused, with council officers saying they would create "poor living conditions" for future tenants.

Bradford Council planners said the two one-bedroom flats on Sackville Street were found to have been completed and were available to let despite permission for them having not been granted.

The applicant had sought permission to convert what had been storage space on the first and second floors of the city centre premises.

However, planning officers concluded occupants would be adversely affected by noise, odours and operating hours linked to the takeaway business below.

Applicant Muhammed Shabir had said the development would "bring a currently vacant space back into active use".

Rejecting the application this week, planning officers also raised concerns about the design of the flats, saying residents would have a "restricted outlook and limited natural daylight".

"The proposal would form a poor standard of accommodation and poor living conditions for the future occupants of the proposed flats," a decision notice said.

According to the the Local Democracy Reporting Service, following a site visit, council planning officers said that "To Let" signs had already been installed outside the building.

They added: "The works appear to be unauthorised and as they have been completed on site it makes this a retrospective application."

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