Multiple flats and bedsit plans for Dearne Valley communities
New flats and bedsit developments could help to answer Dearne area housing needs
Two shop sites in Dearne Valley communities could be converted to provide new flats, while authority is being sought for the expansion of a bedsits complex.
In Main Street, Mexborough, permission is being sought to convert empty shop premises into three one-bedroomed flats.
Planning documents submitted to City of Doncaster Council states the objective is to “bring long-term vacant premises back into beneficial use by creating high-quality residential accommodation”.
The empty premises were previously used as a television repair shop, but is now described as “uninhabited and dilapidated” with the first floor already taken up by flats.
No changes would be made to the footprint of the building and some previously blocked windows would be re-opened as part of the plan for homes.
There is no parking on-site, but documents suggest adequate street parking is available, with a rear yard providing space for refuse bins.
Meanwhile, in Bank Street, Mexborough, a separate proposal has been submitted, which would see a ground floor shop converted to provide a new two bedrooms, along with the conversion of a ground floor television room to create a third.
The property already houses six bedrooms, and if approved the change would take that to one - each with an en-suite bathroom.
Other changes to the property would include the installation of a second kitchen and two new windows.
Advice from council planners ahead of the application suggest converting the shop was “deemed the most appropriate course of action”.
The building is close to the centre of Mexborough, with “exceptional public transport connectivity”, with both bus and rail services within easy reach.
The loss of the shop is justified by a “protracted period of vacancy”, the application states, with the unit “no longer commercially viable for retail or service uses in this location”.
In Church Street, Conisborugh, the same council is being asked for retrospective permission for the conversion of a shared house.
A retrospective application means the work has already gone ahead, with the applicant now seeking to formalise the change of the property from a six bedroomed to a nine bedroomed home, capable of accommodating up to 14 people.