Maritsa
Member
I wanted to pick all your brains and seek some advice as I am in a bit of a dilemma with my manicure business.
So my dilemma is that I have recently bought a semi detached town house and with townhouses the garage is at the front of the house forming part of the house and this garage section I have just converted into a room/with sink where I will do my nails and spray tanning. As this is a semi detached property I have created a new door/entrance at the side/alleyway so clients can come in separately to the room (converted garage) from the side without coming into my house from the front, more privacy this way.
Here is the problem, I have contacted the council discretely and they have informed me that in order to do nails I will need to apply for a special treatment license and this involves putting up a notice in front of my house just to see if neighbors will object etc, but in addition to this, I will need to apply for planning permission which will most likely not be granted because I have a new separate door created on the side where people can come straight into the new room/garage from the street. As you can imagine all this is a bit to take in.
I was wondering what all your thoughts were about all this planning permission and special treatment license stuff and whether there is a better strategy that I should apply?
I also discovered from the council that if I just operate out of one of my bedrooms upstairs and abandon the idea of using my converted garage/room and the clients use my main entrance through the original front of the house then no planning permission is required and the only license I would need would be the special treatment license as manicures by law require you to have that special treatment license, spray tanning and waxing does not need the special treatment license.
I really appreciate any ideas or suggestions that anyone has or experiences of going through this.
Best wishes and many thanks.
So my dilemma is that I have recently bought a semi detached town house and with townhouses the garage is at the front of the house forming part of the house and this garage section I have just converted into a room/with sink where I will do my nails and spray tanning. As this is a semi detached property I have created a new door/entrance at the side/alleyway so clients can come in separately to the room (converted garage) from the side without coming into my house from the front, more privacy this way.
Here is the problem, I have contacted the council discretely and they have informed me that in order to do nails I will need to apply for a special treatment license and this involves putting up a notice in front of my house just to see if neighbors will object etc, but in addition to this, I will need to apply for planning permission which will most likely not be granted because I have a new separate door created on the side where people can come straight into the new room/garage from the street. As you can imagine all this is a bit to take in.
I was wondering what all your thoughts were about all this planning permission and special treatment license stuff and whether there is a better strategy that I should apply?
I also discovered from the council that if I just operate out of one of my bedrooms upstairs and abandon the idea of using my converted garage/room and the clients use my main entrance through the original front of the house then no planning permission is required and the only license I would need would be the special treatment license as manicures by law require you to have that special treatment license, spray tanning and waxing does not need the special treatment license.
I really appreciate any ideas or suggestions that anyone has or experiences of going through this.
Best wishes and many thanks.