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Shop's outside seating plan is rejected
MOVES to set up a seating area outside a popular Scarborough takeaway have been halted for technical reasons.
Foodies in Westborough wants to set up a seating area on the pedestrian precinct outside its frontage.
The scheme had been recommended for approval by Scarborough Council's head of technical services John Riby. But councillors voted against for technical reasons because the takeaway premises are licensed as a shop rather than a restaurant and that issue needs to be sorted out first.
In the past, many similar applications have run into objections because of fears that putting tables and chairs on a public thoroughfare would create a hazard for blind or partially-sighted people.
However, even though local campaigners remain opposed to obstructions, the Royal National Institute of Blind People has suggested that the problem could be overcome by penning in the seating area with safety railings.
The council's head of technical services, John Riby, said: "The views of Yorkshire Coast Access Group in relation to such amenities are that any obstruction in the public highway may constitute a hazard to the blind and partially sighted.
"Any permission granted will include the requirement, now standard on these amenities, that the area be properly enclosed with approved barriers."
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