Planning appeal decision
Land At Latham Road, Abbey Meads, Swindon, SN25 4DL
Planning appeal 3306629 at Land At Latham Road, Abbey Meads, Swindon, SN25 4DL (Swindon Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 April 2023 by Inspector O'Connor H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy IN1Policy TR1Policy TR2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56Paragraph 110Paragraph 111
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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