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Notice upheld24 August 20213207861

Land Adjacent to 1 & 2 The Poplars, Shop Lane, Cold Hatton, Telford, Shropshire, TF6 6PZ

Planning appeal 3207861 at Land Adjacent to 1 & 2 The Poplars, Shop Lane, Cold Hatton, Telford, Shropshire, TF6 6PZ (Telford and Wrekin Council) was dismissed on 24 August 2021 by Inspector Freer P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the breach of planning control on the character and appearance of the area.

Unauthorised change of use of land to a mixed use of builders yard/storage of building materials, joinery workshop and wood products manufacturing business, and associated erection of boundary walls, gates, fences and a 32m x 9m steel framed industrial building

Authority
Telford and Wrekin Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Freer P
Postcode
TF6 6PZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the breach of planning control on the character and appearance of the area
  • whether the appeal site is a sustainable location for the development that has taken place
  • the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of surrounding residential properties, specifically in relation to noise disturbance and light pollution

What decided it

The harm to the character and appearance of the countryside and the unacceptable noise harm to neighbours' living conditions, combined with conflict with Policy EC3 and the development plan as a whole, were not outweighed by any material consideration.

the benefits of supporting rural businesses under Policy WUA3 and paragraph 84(a) of the Framework were outweighed by the harm to the character and appearance of the area and to neighbours' living conditions, and by conflict with the development plan as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BE1Policy EC3Policy WUA3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 84
Judgments
Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; Murfitt v SSE & East Cambridgeshire DC [1980] JPL 598; Beach v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions & Runnymede BC [2001] EWHC 381 (Admin)

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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