PLANS have been submitted to turn a former beauty salon into a café and sandwich shop.

An application has been made for a change of use of the former premises of Millennium Sun and Beauty Salon, which moved to New Cut Lane in Woolston in November.

The plans will see the unit at Bruche Heath Gardens transformed into an art café and sandwich shop which would open from 7.30am-8pm on weekdays, 9am-5pm on Saturdays and 10am-2pm on Sundays.

In her application Natalie Brown said six jobs would be created by the opening of the café, which would have no impact on noise levels in the area.

Work to transform the existing property will include the removal of partition walls.

Mrs Brown added: “It will be a community hub bringing the residents and customers an enjoyable and relaxing experience – as a resident myself I feel it will definitely draw business to the other shops in this area.”

An objection lodged by resident Alison Warburton raised concerns over parking, opening hours and cooking odours.

In the objection, she said: “Although I acknowledge that the newsagent is open from quite early in a morning this does not mean that it is acceptable or desirable for other shops and businesses to open so early in a predominantly residential area.

“My main concern however is parking.

“The applicant has stated that there is a large car park to the rear with parking for 20 plus vehicles – however this area isn’t actually a car park at all but a service road for the shops.

“At times it becomes very congested and this leads to people parking indiscriminately and illegally on the yellow lines on Lambs Lane to the detriment of the free flow of traffic and pedestrian and vehicular safety.

“There has also been an increase in people parking on the pedestrianised area at the side of the shops and, given the speed at which some people drive onto this area, it is only a matter of time before there is an accident.”

A consultation on the application will run until Friday April 1.