®Planning appeal decision
The New Barn, Rempstone Road, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, LE12 6UE
Planning appeal 3283830 at The New Barn, Rempstone Road, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, LE12 6UE (Charnwood Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 November 2022 by Inspector Wraight G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the impact of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
The change of use of the buildings and land from a horticultural use to a plant hire business, with associated external storage, wash bay area and the provision of 3 storage containers, the change of use of part of the adjacent agricultural field for external storage purposes, with associated aggregate storage bays, site levelling, porous surfacing, bunding and the provision of fencing to the entire site
- Authority
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Wraight G
- Postcode
- LE12 6UE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the impact of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the development accords with the policies of the development plan with reference to the location of new development
What decided it
The significant cumulative harm to character and appearance caused by the development, combined with the absence of evidence demonstrating that the plant hire business could not reasonably be located elsewhere in compliance with development plan policies, outweighed the economic benefits claimed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS1Policy CS2Policy CS10Policy CS11Saved Policy CT/1Saved Policy EV/1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 81Paragraph 83Paragraph 84Paragraph 85
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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