Proposals to use Halifax shop premises for a 24-hour convenience store
Proposals to use a Halifax town centre shop premises for a 24-hour convenience store have been submitted to planners.
Arsalan Sarkari and Hadi Shahsavar want to change the use of the Silver Street shop from retail sales to the 24-hour store.
In a supporting heritage statement with the application, which has been submitted to Calderdale Council, they say they do not propose major external changes that would cause visual harm to the building and its setting.
The council’s highways department have considered the application as a statutory consultee and have raised no objections.
The principal highway consideration as far as they are concerned relates to the implications of 24-hour operation in a town centre location, particularly in terms of vehicle movements, servicing and potential informal stopping on the highway during late night and early morning periods.
As an established retail unit within the town centre, it is expected that customers predominantly arrive on foot or via public transport – any short stay vehicular visits are likely to rely on nearby parking rather than direct frontage parking, say the highways officers.
“The change to 24-hour operation may result in some vehicle movements outside of typical retail trading hours.
“However, given the modest scale of the unit and its central location, the overall uplift in traffic would not be significant in network capacity terms.
“Traffic flows during late night periods are typically lower than daytime peak conditions,” they conclude.
The application, which is number 25/01277/COU, can be viewed on the council’s Planning Portal.