Bakery outlet at Sickleholme Service Station Sickleholme Garage Hathersage Road Bamford

The site

The existing petrol station, shop and car wash sits at a busy junction, with four accesses and homes immediately adjoining the site.

“Sickleholme Garage is an existing petrol filling station with ancillary shop and car/jet wash facility with managers flat above. The garage is prominently located at the busy traffic light-controlled junction between the A6187 Hathersage Road and the A6013 Sickleholme/Station road up to Bamford village.”

“There are dwellings immediately adjoining the site, Fairholme to the west and Holmdene to the north. A further dwelling, Wingate, is located immediately west of the Fairholme plot. All are separated by tall fencing and hedging which bound the garage site.”

Officer report

Earlier permission

The former garage and car sales space previously had conditional approvals for a fish and chip outlet and varied opening hours.

“2020 – Approval for Conversion of disused garage/car sales space into fish and chip outlet (10am to 11pm Mon-Friday), granted conditionally June 2020 NP/HPK/0919/1057-”

“2020 – Approval for Section 73 application to vary condition 6 - alteration to opening hours to add 12noon to 10pm Saturdays and 4:30pm to 10pm Sundays. NP/HPK/0919/1057 granted conditionally 24th July 2020”

Officer report

Why officers recommended approval

Officers considered the bakery modest and ancillary to the existing business, with acceptable design, noise, parking, highway and flood-risk impacts subject to conditions.

“This is not a standalone new business altogether as the long-established garage business already exists as the main development on the site. The bakery would be a small-scale addition ancillary to that primary retail use which along with fuel sales also has a convenience store. The principle of a new ancillary bakery business to the existing garage business would therefore accord with policy HC5”

“The submitted information demonstrates that there is space on site for parking and the proposed bakery would not increase the overall demand for parking. Amenity impacts are covered in more detail below but in the absence of any concerns from the Environmental Health Officer it is concluded that the principle of the bakery is acceptable subject to planning conditions.”

Officer report

What consultees said

Highways raised access and pedestrian-movement concerns addressed through conditions, while environmental health and the parish council gave comments after noise information was amended.

“However slight concern is raised with internal movement with both vehicular and pedestrians across the forecourt with use of PFS, convenience store and bakery. Therefore, it is considered that a Traffic and Management Drawing is submitted which illustrates the parking spaces allocated for each use and which will be is shown on the forecourt and pedestrian walkways along the forecourt to reduce vehicle/ pedestrian conflicts. This can be conditioned subject to approval.”

“Upon re-consultation following the amended noise impact assessment the Parish Council has raised the following additional concerns;”

Officer report

Who spoke

The agent spoke under the public participation scheme, and some members had visited the site the previous day.

What members discussed

Members discussed how the proposed operating hours would be accommodated in the detailed conditions.

“The hours of operation and how this would be accommodated in the detailed conditions…”

Minutes

The committee’s decision

The committee approved the application subject to conditions covering timing, use, noise, access, parking, traffic management, flood resilience and protected species.

“A motion to approve the application subject to conditions was moved and seconded, put to the vote and carried.”

“Commence development within 3 years 2. Carry out in accordance with specified amended plans and reports 3. Define use of premises to a bakery within Class E (a) 4. Hours of operation to be 6am to 6pm Monday-Friday and 7am to 6pm weekends and bank holidays. 5. Noise from external extract vent and plant not to exceed levels set out in the amended Environmental Noise Report and all plant to be installed and serviced in full accordance with manufacturers recommendations. 6.”

Minutes