Buxton Pharmacy’s plans for extension to deal with increased customer numbers
A pharmacy in Buxton has submitted plans for an extension which if approved would increase the size of the building by 29 per cent.
Buxton Pharmacy on Temple Road has asked High Peak Borough Council to approve a ‘single storey extension to existing pharmacy premises to create additional dispensing area’.
Applicant Mr Safraz Shafqat said: “We feel by adding this small extension to the existing pharmacy, would greatly improve the service this much needed facility, within this area, can provide.”
The proposal is a single storey extension, 7.5 metres by 3.0 metres; this would allow the existing pharmacy to install an automated medicine dispensing machine, which would substantially increase the speed and number of patients they can be served at the pharmacy.
The proposed extension is said to have been designed to match the aesthetic of the existing larger building.
The application states the design considers the lower single storey entrance feature into the pharmacy, by not connecting to this externally.
It adds that the sscale of the proposed extension is such that it does not impact the dormer window of the first-floor accommodation. The roof has been designed as a flat roof, which creates the clear floor to ceiling height required to accommodate the dispensing machine, and keep the scale of the proposed extension, subordinate to the main building.
It is also noted that the proposed 22.5 sq. metre extension represents a 29% increase in the building's footprint.
Looking at the history and heritage of the area it was noted the original 77.5 sq. metre structure would be kept to preserve the building's primary profile.
Materials would ‘match or sympathetically complement the existing fabric to maintain the character of the Conservation Area while the modest footprint ‘ensures that the open character of the site—typical of the Temple Road area—is maintained’.
Mr Shafqat added: “The proposal follows High Peak Borough Council policies for preserving and enhancing conservation areas.
“By supporting the continued viability of the pharmacy, the extension provides a clear public benefit that outweighs any negligible impact on the historic fabric, in line with NPPF guidance.”
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