They say the clinic - which would include occupational therapy, speech pathology, social work and mental health practitioners - would pose an acceptable planning outcome.

Nine objectors have raised a number of concerns including an impact on parking in the street, which links the St John of Gold hospital and High Street.

Councillors will consider whether to grant the clinic permission to use the building and make alterations when they meet on Monday.

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Some were concerned that clients and staff could take up on street parking, especially if the clinic made changes like adding general practitioners in the future.

Council officers concede that could create a problem.

It is hard to argue against this assertion, however that is not the nature of the proposal which is before Council," they said.

"Council can ... and should ... only base its decision on what is proposed, not a hypothetical scenario."

That said, the officers recommended councillors add a permit condition making it clear what had been approved, which would give the council oversight over any changes including whether general practitioners could operate there.

Council officers rejected broader concerns about parking including concerns that the clinic had asked for 12 spaces on site, rather than the 14 planning bylaws currently require.

The clinic told officers many patients would use telehealth services and some clinicians' work would mean their appointments take place off-site.

"Even if all staff and clients ... and their families ... travel to the centre by car, it seems highly unlikely that the use would exceed the available car parking capacity and it would therefore be unreasonable to refuse the application on the basis of a shortfall of two car spaces," council officers said.

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They said the road was wide enough to handle any increase in traffic and the site was far enough away from High Street businesses.

The officers also moved to allay any fears neighbours of the clinic might have had about amenity.

They said any noise level rises would be modest and only likely to occur around normal office hour periods from Mondays to Saturdays.

"Any noise arising is unlikely to reach nuisance levels over and above typical noise in the area which includes traffic and normal residential noise," they said.

Officers said the 1960s cream brick home and outbuildings are not heritage listed despite the property being part of a wider overlay.

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