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Planning permission granted19 October 20223272811

Land at Saredon Road, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, WS6 7JD

Planning appeal 3272811 at Land at Saredon Road, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, WS6 7JD (South Staffordshire District Council) was allowed on 19 October 2022 by Inspector Savage M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the scheme would prejudice the purpose of land safeguarded for longer term development needs.

without planning permission, the making of a material change of use of Land, to Land used as a Sawmill and for storage purposes including open outdoor storage, and unauthorised operational development to facilitate the material change of use consisting of the erection of a structure using container units to support a roof canopy and the erection of lighting columns x2 on the Land outlined in red for identification purposes on the plan attached to this Notice

Authority
South Staffordshire District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Savage M
Postcode
WS6 7JD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the scheme would prejudice the purpose of land safeguarded for longer term development needs
  • The effect of the appeal scheme on the character and appearance of the area
  • The effect of the appeal scheme on the living conditions of nearby occupants, with regard to noise and disturbance and lighting

What decided it

The imposition of a condition limiting the permission to a temporary two-year period resolved the safeguarded land conflict and reduced the character and appearance harm to a level outweighed by the economic benefits of the sawmill continuing.

The economic benefits of allowing the sawmill to continue temporarily, giving the appellant the opportunity to relocate, outweighed the limited remaining harm to the character and appearance of the area once the permission was restricted to a temporary period

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SAD3Policy GB2Policy EQ4Policy EQ9Policy EQ11
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 55Paragraph 57

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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