Land at Station Yard , Station Road, Enslow, KIDLINGTON, OX5 3AX

without planning permission, the material change of use of the land to a concrete batching plant and the erection of associated apparatus including a conveyor, hoppers and storage tanks

Authority: Cherwell District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Hawkins S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the use as a concrete batching plant on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring residential property, having regard to noise and disturbance
The effect on highway safety
The effect on protected species

What decided it

The unacceptable adverse effects on neighbouring residential living conditions from noise and disturbance, combined with unacceptable highway safety risks and inadequate assessment of impacts on protected species, outweighed the modest economic benefits of the use.

Plan policies cited: Policy ESD15, Policy ENV1, Policy ESD10, Policy ESD16, Policy ESD8

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