Plans to extend Shotts dental practice given go ahead

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Plans to extend a dental practice in Shotts have been given the go ahead by North Lanarkshire Council. Proposals were submitted to the council’s planning department for a change of use of a ground floor flat to provide the extension an existing dental surgery in the town’s Station Road.The practice currently occupies one unit of the traditional two-story block with a newsagent on one side and a flat on the other.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Internally, the unit will be transformed into a surgery with a bathroom and kitchen, hallway and waiting area.Given its consent to the plans the planners report states: “The proposal is acceptable in terms of design, location, size and scale.

An adequate area of amenity space would be retained.“The proposal would not result in any significant privacy issues. Environmental Health and Roads Services had no objections to make.“The proposal can be accommodated without any significant adverse impact and is therefore in accordance with the policies of the North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan.“It is therefore