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Allowed8 September 20213269913

Land North of Brick Kiln Road, West End, Raunds, NN9 6EQ

Planning appeal 3269913 at Land North of Brick Kiln Road, West End, Raunds, NN9 6EQ (East Northamptonshire District Council *) was allowed on 8 September 2021 by Inspector Sargent J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the principle of industrial units on land not allocated for employment purposes.

the erection of 4 employment units (Use Class B1(c)/B2/B8) with ancillary offices, including new vehicular and pedestrian access, HG V and car parking, internal access roads, servicing, external lighting, landscaping, infrastructure and associated works

Authority
East Northamptonshire District Council *
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector
Sargent J
Postcode
NN9 6EQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the principle of industrial units on land not allocated for employment purposes
  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the locality and views of the town
  • the impact on the living conditions of adjacent residents by reason of noise and overdominance
  • the effect on highway safety
  • whether contributions to address air quality are justified

What decided it

The allocation of the site for employment use in the Raunds Neighbourhood Plan, combined with the constrained nature of the western portion and the acceptability of the proposed design and mitigation measures, justified allowing the appeal despite the western portion not being explicitly allocated.

The benefits of delivering employment development on an allocated site, with acceptable design and mitigation of noise and visual impacts, outweighed the concerns about development on unallocated land and effects on neighbouring residential amenity.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
RNP Policy R13RNP Policy R14JCS Policy 24(a)JCS Policy 8(d)(i)JCS Policy 24(d)JCS Policies 8(e)(ii)JCS Policies 24(e)JCS Policies 8(b)(ii)JCS Policies 24(f)RNP Policy R14(e)RNP Policy R14(c)JCS Policies 8(e)(ii)JCS Policies 24(d) & (e)

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