Dear Kate,
The council resolved the following at their meeting this week regarding:
Application Reference: 24/03863/VAR
Application Address: Harptree Surgery , Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HF
Proposal: Variation of condition 1 (Temporary Permission) of application 21/03192/FUL (Erection of a portable office (Portakabin) as a temporary structure (3 years) to increase room capacity at a GP Surgery in West Harptree. Due to social distancing, there is insufficient room (temporarily) within the Surgery to house all members of the team. Whilst the portable office is in place, internal works within Harptree Surgery will increase the number of consultation rooms and make for a permanent solution, allowing for the removal of the portable office.)
Council Response:
The Parish Council are unable to remove their original OBJECTION to this application:
The planning application requests either a) an extension of the existing temporary consent for the portacabin for an additional five years or b) granting consent for the unit as a permanent facility.
While the council appreciate the day to day pressures on the surgery, the council believes that the practice must make an appropriate permanent solution a priority and thereby remove the portakabin as soon as is reasonably practicable, certainly in less than two years.
Members of the council met with the surgery on 20th December and offered help and support in developing plans for a permanent extension and to make the Memorial Hall available for the new non-clinical uses that the practice manager has recently outlined.
Kind regards,
West Harptree Parish Council
- Posted: 22nd January 2025