®Planning appeal decision
The New Barn, Rempstone Road, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, LE12 6UE
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
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.
Framework references: 81, 83, 84, 85
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy CS10, Policy CS11, Saved Policy CT/1, Saved Policy EV/1
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