\n Cllr Gordon Wallace says locals\u00a0have been in touch with him about the bakers moving into the Chest, Heart and Stroke unit on Fenwick Road in Giffnock.\n<\/p>\n
\n The politician, who represents Giffnock and Thornliebank, said the concern about the high street favourite opening its first store in the town\u00a0is not about business in general.\n<\/p>\n
\n He explained: \u201cIt\u2019s about the growing concentration of fast food outlets in this short parade and the impact on parking, litter, noise, and the overall balance of our high street.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n An application to display advertisements at the premises was submitted by Greggs PLC last month as was an application for full planning permission to install\u00a0replacement air conditioning units.\n<\/p>\n
\n Documents accompanying the latter show plans for the new shopfront and the interior fit-out to transform the unit.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The application for planning permission has attracted eight objection comments, including from Cllr Wallace.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAt this stage, no change-of-use application has been submitted, so there is no formal route to object to Greggs operating from the unit itself,\u201d said the local politician.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI am questioning whether this interpretation of national planning rules is correct and have written to senior planning officers for clarification.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIn the meantime, I have formally objected to the air conditioning application on noise and residential impact grounds, (and) raised concerns over the illuminated signage, suggesting limits on brightness and operating hours.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis is about keeping our high street vibrant but balanced, ensuring residents\u2019 needs are respected alongside business interests.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n In his objection, Cllr Wallace stated that \u201cGreggs would become the fifth food operator in this short terrace offering hot or ready-to-eat food.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTaken together, this concentration is placing increasing pressure on the surrounding residential environment, particularly on nearby streets such as Park Road,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhile the unit may appear small, its introduction as a hot food operator with air conditioning and other plant adds to the operational intensity of this location.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI believe the proposal should be refused or, at minimum, conditioned with strict noise limits and time restrictions, taking into account the cumulative impact on residents.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n An objection\u00a0submitted by a local resident also raised concerns about an\u00a0increase in vermin.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOur area is already experiencing a serious and persistent problem with rats and vermin, a situation largely attributed to the high number of food establishments along the main road,\u201d they said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe introduction of another food-based premises, particularly one involving baked goods and takeaway items, is likely to exacerbate this issue.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The resident\u00a0also highlighted concerns about traffic and parking arguing\u00a0that the\u00a0location\u00a0offers \u201clittle to no dedicated customer parking, and the surrounding streets are already under pressure from limited on-street parking options.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are extremely concerned that this will lead to increased instances of illegal parking,\u201d they said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Concerns were also raised in the objections about\u00a0issues such as\u00a0crowding and litter from school pupils, the negative impact on local character and appearance and the threat to independent local businesses.\n<\/p>\n
\n Greggs and East Renfrewshire Council have been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cllr Gordon Wallace says locals\u00a0have been in touch with him about the bakers moving into the Chest, Heart…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-341131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}