Alan ​represented local residents at the Council’s Planning Committee in January recently to oppose a planning application for a used car business at 16 Mill Lane, near its junction with Rochester Road.

Many residents had signed a petition against the plans due to the impact on traffic and parking. Mill Lane is well-used for parking by commuters for Carshalton Station, by visitors to local public houses, and of course local residents. The 16 Mill Lane site had previously been used for industrial purposes, so there were few grounds available for the Council’s Planning Committee to reject this application and the committee’s view was that the second hand car use would create much less traffic and parking than an alternative industrial/workshop use which is already permitted on the site.

The planning permission is only for the storage/sale of cars and not for the maintenance of them.