A Devonshire residence could become the new home for a Tee Street veterinary practice, according to planning documents.

The planning application, submitted this month, proposed converting a three-bedroom house at 15 Tee Street into a new veterinary surgery clinic for CedarTree Vets while maintaining an apartment for residential use.

The project would involve minor modifications to the building, including enclosing a covered veranda to increase overall floor space.

Lucy Richardson, veterinarian at CedarTree and a columnist for The Royal Gazette, said that the clinic was a family-run business that has operated out of a cottage at the family home on Tee Street since 2015.

Dr Richardson said: “Being at home gave us lots of flexibility with the children while still being hands-on in the clinic.

“Our parents are all getting a bit older and we started to think we might need the space the clinic now occupies for them one day, so we can care for them as needed. So we began looking around for a suitable space for the clinic.

“We didn’t want to lose the proximity we had always had as it’s part of CedarTree’s personality. The opportunity came up to take over the house next door and potentially move the clinic, so we jumped at it.

“We hope to maintain the family feel we have always had but convert the space into a super pet-friendly facility, using all we have learnt over the years.”

Dr Richardson said the clinic would continue to provide its popular at-home services after the move, while potentially streamlining their processes.

She said: “The move would give us the opportunity to rethink how the clinic flows for animals as they come for surgical, dental, radiography or ultrasound services, and we can develop it to be a calm and well-planned facility for them.

“While animals are always our first priority, we have also put thought into their owners and how we can make a visit to our clinic as comfortable and easy for them too.

“We would expand the parking, add a ramp for ease of access and have quiet areas, for example.

“It has given us the opportunity to really look at everything we do and how we can improve it in the new facility. It’s a very exciting prospect and we really hope to be able to bring it to life.”

The planning documents said that the traffic impact of the project would largely be limited to surgery drop-off in the morning and collection in the evening, as the majority of the clinic’s staff spend their time servicing clients off-site.

The documents also state that there would be no kennel use involved other than animals in recovery, which may occasionally need to remain on site overnight.