Vacant town centre shop in Scarborough will be turned into launderette
An empty shop in the centre of Scarborough is set to be turned into a launderette after plans were approved by North Yorkshire Council.
Albemarle Chambers in Scarborough’s town centre will be turned into a launderette offering dry cleaning services after a plan by Unique Home Properties was given the green light.
The public self-service launderette will allow residents to wash and dry their own laundry using coin- or card-operated machines, while assisted laundry services, where customers can drop off laundry to be washed, dried, ironed and professionally packaged for later collection, will also be available.
According to submitted plans, commercial and corporate laundry services will also be provided to service hotels, guesthouses, care homes and other corporate businesses.
The laundry will be dropped off at the premises and collected following processing or delivered via managed transport arrangements, the plans state.
Dry-cleaning services would operate as an ancillary component of the business.
The vacant property was recently converted to create three commercial units on the ground floor with 12 residential apartments on the upper floors.
The commercial unit 4 in Albemarle Crescent has been vacant for a long time, the applicant noted.
Located off Westborough, the area is characterised by a “strong mix of retail, service, food and drink and professional uses at ground floor level, with residential apartments and ancillary uses above,” a report states.
It adds that the site “benefits from excellent accessibility, being within walking distance of residential neighbourhoods, public transport routes and local amenities”.
The application was approved by North Yorkshire Council, subject to conditions, on Friday, May 22.