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Allowed30 May 20223289305

Employment Land to the North of Maple Cross Lodge, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 9SE

Planning appeal 3289305 at Employment Land to the North of Maple Cross Lodge, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 9SE (Three Rivers District Council) was allowed on 30 May 2022 by Inspector Hendley D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on biodiversity interests, in particular BNG and the Forester Moth.

a ‘comprehensive redevelopment to provide 2 no. warehouse Class E(giii)/B2/B8 units comprising a total of 16,115 sqm including 1,882 sqm ancillary E(gi) office space, access, landscaping and associated works.’

Authority
Three Rivers District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
employment-industrial · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Hendley D
Postcode
WD3 9SE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on biodiversity interests, in particular BNG and the Forester Moth
  • The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of local residential properties by way of noise from traffic and the operation of the proposal

What decided it

The proposal's overall accordance with the development plan, with the biodiversity harm to the Forester Moth under Policy DM6 outweighed by the important economic need for the employment development, and noise impacts found not to be significant or unacceptable.

Under Policy DM6, the adverse impact on the Forester Moth was outweighed by the important economic need for the employment development; as the scheme otherwise accorded with the development plan as a whole, no further planning balance was required.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM6Policy SA2Policy DM9Policy CP1Policy CP8Policy CP10Policy CP9Policy LTP4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 174Paragraph 180Paragraph 150Paragraph 185

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