Supply 2 Location Ltd, Southend Road, Fobbing, STANFORD-LE-HOPE, SS17 9EY

retention of change of use of land to B8 (open air storage) and sui generis (where the site will be used for a 'drive through' hand car wash) without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 17/00747/FUL, dated 3 October 2017

Authority: Thurrock Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Cowley R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the variation of the conditions on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The absence of any noise assessment or substantive evidence regarding anticipated vehicle movements and their impact, combined with observed evidence of complaints about existing breaches of the condition, demonstrated that the extended hours would cause undue noise and disturbance harmful to neighbouring residential properties.

Plan policies cited: Policy PMD1, Policy CSTP6

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