Nailbar Loses Appeal

D&J Nails in Railway Street will be forced to close after losing an appeal for change of use.

The shop opened in May 2009 without planning permission and then submitted a retrospective application for change of use from A1 Retail to Nail Bar.

This was turned down by the council who then issued an enforcement notice against the shop. However, D&J Nails then appealed to The Planning Inspectorate who agreed with the council that the change of use would undermine the careful balance that the council seeks to maintain between shopping and other uses.

The shop now has until June to comply with the enforcement notice.