Globe Industrial Estate, Unit 29a , Rectory Road, GRAYS, RM17 6ST

conversion and change of use of vacant warehouse/office (B8 use) to a place of worship and community centre (falling under a dual F.1 and F.2 use) including minor external alterations to fenestration in both front and rear elevations

Authority: Thurrock Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector: Cross D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would represent an appropriate use of the site with regards to local and national planning policy in respect of industrial and commercial land
Whether the site would make sufficient provision for car parking, with due regard to highway safety
Whether sufficient evidence has been provided in respect of noise

What decided it

The proposal failed to satisfy the requirements of Policy CSTP6 regarding employment land protection, created unacceptable highway safety and parking problems, and lacked sufficient evidence to mitigate noise impacts on residential amenity.

Plan policies cited: Policy CSTP6.2, Policy CSTP6.3, Policy CSTP6.4, Policy PMD1, Policy PMD2, Policy PMD8, Policy PMD9

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