PROPOSALS to turn a former pharmacy into a residential property can go ahead after planning officers ruled permission is not necessary.

An application was submitted to the council in April, seeking to convert the Brian H Donlon pharmacy on Station Road, Haydock.

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Plans said the building was last used on March 29, 2017.

Council planning officers determined that prior approval is not required allowing the conversion to go ahead.