Tresco, Trench Lock, Hadley, TF1 5SU

without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use of the land from residential to a mixed use of residential and the repairing, servicing and storage of motor vehicles

Authority: Telford and Wrekin Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Roberts J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the use for the repairing, servicing and storage of motor vehicles on the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers, with particular regard to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The material harm to the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers from noise, disturbance and visual intrusion caused by the motor vehicle repair and servicing use in close proximity to residential properties outweighed any employment benefits.

The material harm to living conditions of nearby residents and conflict with the development plan was not outweighed by the employment benefits of the use.

Framework references: 130

Plan policies cited: Policy BE1

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