PLANS have been approved to allow a private hire firm to be run from the ground floor of a flat in Heckmondwike.

Mr and Mrs Dar applied to Kirklees Council for the change of use bid for their home at Brunswick Place in the town.

The pair both drive minicabs and want to use the ground floor of the building to operate a small call centre for their firm.

The application involves no physical changes to the property.

Documents confirm that no customers would be allowed at the premises and no more than the current two vehicles would be operated from the address.

In addition there is one street parking outside the property and a one dedicated parking space to the rear.

Planners agreed the changes.