Two young businessmen face losses after their rock-and-roll shop was denied planning permission. – Vintage Photograph

Two young businessmen in Dorchester, England, face losses of 40,000 after their rock-and-roll shop was denied planning permission. The South Oxfordshire District Council refused to grant permission to change the use of what was once an antique shop, citing that the shop should sell only antiques. However, the duo has received the backing of other village traders, with one councillor noting that an “infernal noise” was being made at the premises. Despite investing 40,000 in expensive electronic equipment, the council has prepared to serve an enforcement notice on the pair.Two young businessmen in Dorchester, England, face losses of 40,000 after their rock-and-roll shop was denied planning permission. The South Oxfordshire District Council refused to grant permission to change the use of what was once an antique shop, citing that the shop should sell only antiques. However, the duo has received the backing of other village traders, with one councillor noting that an “infernal noise” was being made at the premises. Despite investing 40,000 in expensive electronic equipment, the council has prepared to serve an enforcement notice on the pair.

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263 1 TEO MAY S TWO YOUNG businessmen face 40,000 losses after their rock-and-roll shop struck a wrong chord with planners. The planners are trying to pull the plug on the pair’s business selling and repairing guitars, disco units and other electronic gadgetry, because it is too up-to- the-minute – they say the shop should sell only antiques. LEVE Blast from past This follows the counci’s refusal to grant planning permission to change the use of what was once an antique shop. was a very quiet business which had caused no disturbance to neigh- bours. Lawyers at South Oxfordshire District Council are preparing to serve an enforcement notice on 28- year-old Paul Kearn’s pictured right, above, and his partner, Paul Strudwick, 24, left, who run Crown House Music in High Street, Dor- chester. Te But the musical duo are fighting the ruling, with the backing of other village traders. They say that a month after being assured they had planning permis- sion they were told it was only for the sale of antiques. By this time, they had invested 40,000 in expensive electronic equipment. A local councillor, Mr Michael Hugh-Jones told a recent meeting that an “infernal noise” was being made at the premises. But Mr Kearns said that, despite the equip- ment’s scope for great noise, theirs Mrs Doreen Knight, who owns nearby Gallery Antiques, backs the two men and is angry with the coun- cil’s attitude. She said: “They are two young men who are just trying to get going. I think their business is good for Dorchester and their enterprise should be encouraged.” Answering the allegation that the council had not made clear the plan- ning restriction on the premises, a council spokesman said the usual search by the partners’ solicitors ought to have led to its discovery. Picture: CLIVE POSTLETH WAITE -9 MAY 1981 2-1)