Fume concerns at Penicuik nail salon
An application to open a nail and beauty salon in a pharmacy in Penicuik town centre led to calls for additional information about ventilation by officers. In a report to Midlothian Council’s planners, they said: “Environmental health has received a number of complaints about odour from nail bar premises.
“The solvents and adhesives used in these premises cause detectable odours at very low concentrations.”
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Hide AdThey urged planners to add conditions to any permission for a ventilation system in the salon to be approved by the director of planning before the salon could go ahead.
Planners granted permission for a change of use for the premises on John Street from a pharmacy to a nail and beauty salon after the applicant sent them details of the system they planned to install.
This includes a condition that the approved equipment “shall be installed so that this exhausts to a height that ensures that no odours escape or are exhausted to any neighbouring properties”.
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