Planning permission has been granted for a number of changes to the Carters Arms which is undergoing a complete refurbishment, both internally and externally.
The scheme includes installing sliding doors to the front elevation of the pub on Chapel Lane and full height windows as well as the creation of a beer garden in the current car park. As a result there will be only four car spaces which will be reserved for staff.
Wilmslow Town Council raised no objections to the plans though objections and comments were received from three neighbouring properties.
Whilst one neighbour welcomed an aesthetic change to the current under maintained car park, concerns were raised about the noise impact of the new beer garden and the loss of parking.
However, the planning officer considered the impact on the neighbouring properties to be acceptable.
Case officer Matthew Keen said "The existing car park contains a smoking area and small external seating area which is currently rather unattractive. The planting and beer garden introduced as part of the proposal would improve the appearance of the area and when the existing situation is taken into account it is not considered that the proposal would have a significantly worse impact on the surrounding neighbours, subject to appropriate conditions."
The planning application was therefore approved but the conditions state that no external speakers can be installed and use of the beer garden should be limited from 10am to 11pm in the interests of the neighbours.
The plans can be viewed on the Cheshire East Council website by searching for planning reference 15/1944M .
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exterior areas after 11pm (which would be fine!) but this is rarely observed in practice and certainly not on weekends when people can be outside talking and drinking up to 12.30 at night. Will Wilmslow Council be prepared to implement sanctions should this occur in the future? If so there will be no problem but I'm not optimistic. I hope they will do everything they can to put measures in place to reduce the nuisance for neighbours and instil some basic respect. We will certainly keep Matthew Keen informed about the impact on neighbours and I hope we're informed of the appropriate conditions.