Planning appeal decision
Land at Tresco, Trench Lock, Hadley, TF1 5SU
Planning appeal 3276879 at Land at Tresco, Trench Lock, Hadley, TF1 5SU (Telford and Wrekin Council) was dismissed on 17 November 2021 by Inspector Roberts J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- TF1 5SU
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 use would result in material harm to the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers through noise, disturbance and visual intrusion, conflicting with local and national planning policy.
The material harm to the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers was not outweighed by the employment benefits of the use.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BE1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130
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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