Kingston Council is set to close a private doctor’s surgery operating in a north Kingston house, which continued to run despite being refused planning permission.
Residents near 53 Dysart Avenue, Kingston, first complained about the ground floor medical practice in 2006, but planning officers decided the business was not busy enough to justify action.
Following further complaints in 2008, a second investigation revealed an extra room was being used for consultations, and part of the living room for a reception area.
Despite Wolf-Rudiger Feiler’s belated planning application being turned down in May, because of lack of parking and disabled facilities, the practice did not close.
Councillors at the Kingston town planning sub committee approved an enforcement notice to close the practice on Wednesday evening, after hearing that 10 of 15 people originally consulted objected to the plans.
Councillor Dennis Doe said: “It would seem the doctor continued the practice despite the fact he lost his planning application. The residents are saying ‘what is going on’. This gives us added confidence in going along with the enforcement notice.”
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