Existing retail premises and adjacent land within Blyth town centre. The site is part occupied by a dilapidated two-storey building forming part of the main terrace, with a shop on the ground-floor and storage space above. The rest of the site consists of vacant brownfield land. This could provide an opportunity for redevelopment for residential use, potentially through conversion and/or new-build development. In the latter scenario, demolition of the existing building is likely to be required. A number of years ago, permission was granted in 2008 for demolition and construction of a new building comprising of retail and residential floorspace, but this lapsed without implementation (B/08/00054/FUL). The new building was to consist of 3 ground-floor retail units with 6 flats above. A subsequent extension of time limit was submitted in 2011, but this was refused and the subsequent appeal was dismissed (11/00064/VARYCO). However, as there is an existing use/business in situ, and because there has been no indication in many years that there is an intention to relocated and/or redevelop the site, there is no evidence to suggest this has potential to provide new housing. No longer considered developable/developable and future housing delivery is discounted in the SHLAA.
Second Hand Shop, King Street, Blyth