®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Brick Kiln Road, West End, Raunds, NN9 6EQ
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
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.
Plan policies cited: RNP Policy R13, RNP Policy R14, JCS 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)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.