Planning appeal decision
Mkm Building Supplies, Limerick Road, Dormanstown, Redcar, TS10 5JU
Planning appeal 3314720 at Mkm Building Supplies, Limerick Road, Dormanstown, Redcar, TS10 5JU (Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council) was allowed on 10 August 2023 by Inspector Wraight G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that the proposed development would have on highway safety, with particular reference to parking and to vehicle manoeuvrability.
Change of Use from Building Supplies Depot (Sui Generis) to Self-Storage Facility (Sui Generis)
- Authority
- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wraight G
- Postcode
- TS10 5JU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that the proposed development would have on highway safety, with particular reference to parking and to vehicle manoeuvrability
What decided it
The containers would not constitute buildings under planning law, making the application valid and the proposal acceptable on highway safety grounds.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SD4
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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