Planning officers have refused a change of use request which would have seen a former PC repair shop turn into a hot food takeaway. The plans for a new food place on Longford Road hit a major stumbling block this week.

203 Longford Road is located between Stone Pizza and Potbelly. There is also Star Fish Bar on the other side of Potbelly and a Chinese Takeaway a few metres away.

But another one has been deemed one too many by council planners, with the officer report stating it would have a "detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of the local population".

Other points which contributed to the refusal were concerns about odour control and waste.

The decision notice states its reasons for refusal as follows: "The high concentration of hot food takeaways, which would have a cumula

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