FRESH plans to build a new office with flats above on a vacant plot in a Bucks town have been submitted to the council.
Mr Michael Trodd has submitted to Bucks Council a planning application for an empty plot on Berkhampstead Road, in Chesham.
Plans detail the construction of a three-storey building with an office at ground floor level and two one-bed flats above.
PICTURED: A view of the area
A new pedestrian access and Right of Way is also proposed.
The unoccupied plot is situated between an electricity substation, a pumping station, and a light industrial park, according to council documents.
However, it once housed a ‘building for public convenience’ used since the 1950s, but was vandalised multiple times before closing in 2001 and finally being recently demolished.
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The site has seen six other planning applications submitted through the years; some granted, some refused, and one withdrawn.
PICTURED: What the new build could look like
Trodds Ltd Commercial Catering Engineers was granted permission for an office building, but “due to the current global pandemic situation and its extensive economic impact on the hospitality sector, the approved project is considered not viable for the company in the near future”.
Hence this alternative “mixed-use” proposal.
The new build is destined for the ‘housing market’, according to council documents.
The scheme will also result in three full-time jobs, with opening hours running Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.
Off-street parking is not included.
Bucks Council validated the application on May 13.
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