A once popular toy and sports equipment store in Shanklin wants to shrink its shop.
Toymaster, on Regent Street in the heart of the town, spans the space of four properties on the street — but it is now too much space for the store.
Additional floorspace no longer required
In a planning application, submitted to the Isle of Wight Council earlier this month, Martha James, of Plan Research on behalf of Steven Young, says the additional floorspace is no longer required due to changes in the business.
The space was last used as part of the Toymaster store, Mrs James said, in November 2021.
Convert into residential space
The building had previously been a house, but was split into a flat above and used as an extension of the store from May 2012.
Now, ten years later, the ground-floor retail space could be converted into a flat.
Due to the former uses of the building, there is already a kitchen and bathroom on the ground floor so the only works required include a general refurbishment, blocking the access between the store and the flat and re-instating a window.
The rest of the store would remain in retail use.
View the plans
You can view the plans, 22/01073/3MPA on the council’s planning register.
The public consultation runs until 22nd July.
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12.30pm 30th Jun 2022 – Headline image swapped for premises on opposite site of road
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