Proposal for a Betting Shop at 50 Moorland Road

An application has been submitted to open a Betting Shop at 50 Moorland Road. This would be the second betting shop on Moorland Road and reduce the number of units availble for retailing along this highly successful street.

Your local Lib Dem Team would urge local residents and businesses to ensure that their views are taken into account by both the Council (planning - change of use) and the local Magistrates (licensing) by writing to them by the 29th March 2007.

The application to the Betting Licensing Committee for the Petty Session Division Bath, Wandyke and Mendip was sumitted on the 23rd February 2007 by Andrew Croft of 12a St. Margarets Street, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DA on behalf of H Backhouse (Baker Street) Ltd.

Anyone who wishes to object should write to:

The Clark to the Betting Committee,
Magistrates Court,
North Parade,
Bath,
BA1 5AF

by 29th March 2007. You should enclose two copies of your brief statement of objection.

The Planning application (07/00560/FUL) for change of use from Class A1 (Retail) to Class A2 (Financial and Professional Services) and new shop front has also been submitted

The deadline for comments on the planning application is the 23rd March 2007.

For more details click here.

Please let us know your views on this proposal.