Plans for new private menopause clinic in Pevensey approved

The new clinic would operate at a property in Seaville Drive, converted from a store room.

The clinic, according to plans, will consist of a single consulting room with a toilet.

Only one clinician would work at the site and that one patient would be present at any time.

The clinic would operate from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm on Saturdays.

In the officer’s report, planning officers stated the clinic would ‘not result in harm to neighbouring amenities such as privacy, outlook and light’.

The report stated: “The limited scale of operations proposed similar to other at-home clinics operated at other predominantly residential units across the district, means that the proposed change of use is not considered to be harmful to the character of the existing building or the locality and is acceptable in principle.

"Hours of operation along with other measures to control the use of the clinic including requiring that it operate by appointment only, can be secured through planning conditions.

"The proposed development would be limited in scale and would not be likely to result in a significant increase in light or noise pollution coming from the site compared to the existing residential use of the site.

"It is noted that no plant or air conditioning equipment is proposed.

“As a result, it is considered that the proposed change of use would not result in harm to neighbouring amenities such as privacy, outlook, light etc.”