Land North of Towers Road, Grays, Thurrock, Essex, RM17 6UQ

erection of Use Class E Building (Commercial, Business, Service)

Authority: Thurrock Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector: Pattison B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on highway safety, with regard to the vehicular movements to access the site via Gunning Road and the potential for the displacement of vehicles on to the public highway
the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring residential occupiers, with particular regard to noise, disturbance, and privacy for occupiers of Gunning Road

What decided it

The proposal would result in unacceptable harm to highway safety and the living conditions of neighbouring residents through increased vehicular movements in a constrained residential area with limited parking availability, conflicting with the development plan with no material considerations to outweigh this.

Plan policies cited: PMD2, PMD8, PMD1

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