Planning appeal decision
Lime Yard Adjacent to Grimstead Road, West Grimstead, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3QR
Planning appeal 3280132 at Lime Yard Adjacent to Grimstead Road, West Grimstead, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3QR (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 19 January 2022 by Inspector Webb B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the safe and efficient operation of the highway network.
change of use from storage, processing and distribution of lime, to storage, processing and distribution of horticultural products, with the addition of one building
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Webb B
- Postcode
- SP5 3RQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the safe and efficient operation of the highway network
- the character and appearance of the area
- the living conditions of nearby residents in relation to dust and noise and disturbance
- wildlife and ecology
What decided it
The development would not generate vehicle movements or impacts demonstrably in excess of those permissible under the extant 2019 permission, and all identified concerns regarding highways, character, amenity and ecology could be adequately controlled by conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 60Core Policy 61Core Policy 57Core Policy 50saved Policy E19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 111
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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