Preston City Council leader Matthew Brown on sepsis, two week hospital stay and paramedics breaking down the doorReview: A visit to the Preston restaurant that’s Thai-ing up Lane EndsA new cafe bar is on its way to a neighbourhood shopping block in Preston after the venture was given the go-ahead by city council planners.
Environmental health officials noted that the change was likely to lead to an increase in customers visiting the site, but concluded that the size of the new operation meant the “associated comings and goings” were unlikely to have a severe impact on those living nearby.Nevertheless, they did recommend earlier closing times than those proposed by the applicant, Sapphire Investment Properties Limited. The new business will have to stop trading at 10.
The conversion will also include a two-storey extension at the rear of the premises to create four flats, following the demolition of a single-floor part of the existing building.