Land At Latham Road, Abbey Meads, Swindon, SN25 4DL

Erection of a storage and distribution centre (Use Class B8), with ancillary offices and welfare facilities, service yard, parking areas, landscaping and other associated works,’ without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref S/21/0274/TB, dated 14 December 2021

Authority: Swindon Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: O'Connor H
Postcode: SN25 4DL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the condition is necessary, relevant to the development, reasonable or enforceable having regard to the impact of development traffic upon the safety and operation of the A419 trunk road

What decided it

The fundamental purpose of the condition relates to safeguarding highway safety on the A419 trunk road, which must take priority over the appellant's practical difficulties in bringing the development forward.

Framework references: 56, 110, 111

Plan policies cited: Policy IN1, Policy TR1, Policy TR2

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