A PLAN to breathe new life into vacant shop units in Salisbury has moved to the next stage.
Magic Carpets Commercial Ltd submitted plans to convert 7-11 Brown Street into two one-bed flats and one studio flat.
The building on Brown Street houses the former Quality Carpets @ Discount Prices and Shergold Funeral Directors businesses.
It is hoped the proposed new flats would “improve the look” of the street and bring “life and movement to an otherwise ‘dead’ stretch of Brown Street.”
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Plans to change the use of the former businesses from commercial to residential use were approved back in November, but this didn’t include any changes to the external appearance of the buildings.
The latest plans seek to make elevational changes to the properties, which include removing the existing shop signs to the front and rear and replacing the existing shop windows and doors to help reduce the traffic noise from Brown Street.
A replacement bike store for 15 bikes has also been proposed.
The latest plans concerns the look of the proposed flats facing Brown Street Picture: Relph Ross
There is no existing or proposed street parking available to the proposed flats.
Relph Ross Partnership Architects, on behalf of the applicant, said: “This proposal makes good use of an otherwise redundant building within the conservation area.
“This building as it stands today has a ‘negative’ impact on the conservation area.”
It added: “The proposal brings ‘life and movement’ to an otherwise ‘dead’ stretch of Brown Street.”
To view and comment on the plans, visit the planning section on Wiltshire Council’s website and search reference PL/2024/11556.
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