A room used as a gym in Buckinghamshire is set to become a private counselling room after a certificate of lawfulness application has been approved.

Plans to change the use of a small gym at a house in Loosley Row were submitted to Buckinghamshire Council.

The applicant is in the process of purchasing the property and want to have an equivalent space for counselling to that at their current home.

The use of the gym at the house will consist of private appointments from 9:30am to 9:30pm, Monday to Thursday.

The applicant will take approximately 30 appointments during this time, although some will be virtual, planning officers at the council confirmed.

Around 50 per cent of the appointments will be undertaken in person, meaning in-person meetings with clients will take place around 15 times per week.

The applicant's application form read: “When a client visits the house, the two of us sit in the same room, and have a ‘therapeutic conversation’ for approximately 50 minutes. The work is very quiet, and non-invasive to the property, neighbours, and local area.

“I don’t foresee there being any issues with increased traffic flow, especially as the previous owners had obtained council permission to run a similar style, client-appointment-based business from the same address.”