A NEW hair salon is on the cards for Laceby.
Graham Charles has applied to change the use of the shop premises at 10 Caistor Road in the village and additionally create a self-ontained flat on the first floor.
Associated works could include the installation of a bay window on the ground floor.
The proposal is due to be determined shortly by North East Lincolnshire Council planners pending which time the authority's conservation officer, Louise Jennings, has commented thus: "This building lies within the Laceby conservation area.
"It is almost certainly two cottages that have been knocked together, forming a terrace of three cottages in total.
"It has undergone cumulative unsympathetic changes, including altering all of the windows (which would have originally been sashes to picture windows), creation of a single entrance with porch and rendering.
"It does, however, form part of an attractive street scene along Caistor Road, so it is important that any further alterations are sympathetic.
"The creation of a bay window could be considered a betterment, though it would not necessarily have been a feature that would have been on a small cottage such as this.
"More importantly, removal of the window closest to the pharmacy creates an imbalance in the building that is harmful - a window should be retained in this position."
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