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DC Casebook: Commercial and Industrial - Dental surgery judged harmful to centre

Commercial and industrial

Planning, 12 December 2008

The change of use of a hairdresser's in a Staffordshire neighbourhood centre to form an extension to a dental surgery has been rejected despite claims that it would benefit disabled people.

The inspector observed that the proposal would allow much-improved disabled access and thus fulfil the criteria of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the council's equality scheme. It would also help meet a...

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