PLANS have been submitted to convert a Hurst Green hardware shop back into a home.
An application has been submitted to Dudley Council to turn Hurst Green Home and Garden on Narrow Lane into a four-bedroom detached home.
The plan (pictured below) was registered by the council on March 11 and is currently out for consultation.
The business has been doing a roaring trade lately as people stuck at home due to the coronavirus crisis seize the opportunity to get DIY jobs done.
The hardware and garden shop, which also sells pet food, has been run by Mike Ward for the last 22 years and is still open for trade.
Hardware stores including Screwfix and B&Q have been deemed 'essential retailers' and allowed to stay open during the coronavirus crisis.
The application has been recommended for approval by the council's environmental safety and health team.
The highways department has asked that plans be amended to allow for more parking spaces. There are currently two spaces in plans.
It states in a response to plans: "The proposed dwelling is being enlarged from three to four bedroom property and therefore it requires a minimum of three off-street parking spaces.
"At the present time the layout does not comply with adopted parking standards therefore amendments to the rear parking area are requested.
"In principle, the conversion of this A1 retail shop to C3 residential dwelling is acceptable subject to the provision of compliant adopted standards parking provision but, at the present time I am unable to support the application in its current form."
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