Land at and including Unit 11 Little America Industrial Estate, Moor Road, Great Staughton, St Neots, PE19 5BJ

without Planning Permission the material Change of Use of the land from Sui Generis MOD (former WW2) use to B2 General Industrial use, being charcoal manufacture and wood heat treatment, and expansion of the use beyond the planning unit onto previously undeveloped/unused land and associated B8 open storage

Authority: Huntingdonshire District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: White P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the appropriateness of the use, considering the location and character of the area
the effect of the development on the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers and environmental effects on users of the surrounding land

What decided it

The development results in harmful environmental effects on users of the public bridleway in terms of air quality and odour, and is inappropriate to the countryside location and character of the area, conflicting with development plan policies LP10, LP14 and LP19.

Plan policies cited: LP19, LP33, LP10, LP14, LP9

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