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From: Quayside Office [email protected] Sent: 22 October 2018 16:41 To: Stewart, Helen Cc: Dean Harrison; Glenn Harrison; Nathan Harrison Subject: planning application concerns 18/00994/b

Good afternoon Helen,

Following on from our earlier conversation regarding planning application 18/00994/b, I write to you with our concerns to the application.

Firstly can we say as the neighbouring business Quayside Tyres and Service we have no personal issues with the owners of the outlet and our relationship is of good standing but we have noted that the applicant has stated that they have adequate parking for their outlet, the reality is that there is no dedicated parking for customers at present outside their trailer, the only space is at the side of the mobile trailer of which houses their own vehicle. At various times in the day visiting customers to the take away have nowhere to park and will invariably block off what is already a busy cul-de-sac. There is also a bay of five private parking spaces that are being blocked daily by visiting vehicles to the take away trailer, making it difficult to drive in or pull out of these spaces at times.

We occupy a large gated facility next to the proposed structure and our traffic movements can be varied from twenty to fifty movements per day, we require uninterrupted free access to our premises of which has been tested in recent times due to the lack of parking, double yellow lines and visiting customers to the current take away. A general customer will arrive by foot, car or van and may stay for periods of time while consuming a meal. Going forward unless this can be addressed we can only envisage the situation getting worse, this would be to the detriment of our business and we cannot stand this to happen as we have recently re located at great cost and effort to ourselves.

Our other concern with reference to access is the tight nature of the surrounding estate and we would have worries that emergency vehicles would not be able to attend an incident or turn quickly if vehicles were parked as they are now. There has been instance where cars and vans are left for long periods of time on raised curbs outside our premises causing large vehicles such as bin collections and delivery vehicles to turn away due to lack of a turning circle.

Finally could we add that we would work with all involved if a full and proper traffic management plan was in place, it would have to be able to demonstrate that dedicated parking was available for the proposed outlet and that it would not cause any disturbance or disruption to our or the surrounding businesses.

Yours sincerely

Neil Cowie Workshop Controller

On behalf of Dean Harrison M.D. Quayside Tyre & Service South Quay new estate Douglas/[email protected]