®Planning appeal decision
Allowed6 September 20233304183
Land to the South West of Grain Stores , Valley Farm Road, West Wratting , Cambridgeshire, CB21 4HH
the change of use of an existing compound area into a self–storage facility and the positioning of 90 shipping containers
- Authority
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to the development strategy of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan (2018) and in respect of reducing the need to travel, particularly by car and promoting sustainable travel
- Whether the proposed development would result in the unacceptable loss of lorry parking and facilities for drivers in the area
What decided it
The reuse of vacant brownfield land for a self-storage facility with modest but tangible economic and employment benefits, supported by national policy, outweighed the conflict with the local development plan strategy for countryside protection.
Framework references: 81, 109
Plan policies cited: Policy S/7, Policy S/6, Policy T1/2, Policy S/3, Policy TI/3
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