Plans to convert a former Conservative Club into a sweets workshop producing ‘artisanal English confectionery’ have been thrown out by Bury Council.
The proposals, for the ground floor of the former Salisbury Conservative Club, Badger Street, Bury, said that up to ten full-time jobs would be created after a change of use from social club to sweets manufacturing.
Applicant Asim Farooq said he would like to ‘make this property into our workshop, cottage industry manufacturing unit’. However, the council turned down the change fo use because of ‘sub-standard access and parking arrangements onto Peter Street’ and that it ‘does not provide suitable accommodation or vehicles to enter and leave the site in a forward gear’.
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