Planning appeal decision
Scrap Haulage Yard Gilder, Fosseway, Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, GL54 2EY
Planning appeal 3315125 at Scrap Haulage Yard Gilder, Fosseway, Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, GL54 2EY (Cotswold District Council) was dismissed on 6 June 2023 by Inspector Davies H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that removing condition 24 would have on the safety of users of the highway.
Redevelopment of existing scrap yard and haulage depot to create electric car charging service station and associated works, without complying with condition 24 restricting parking to electric vehicles only
- Authority
- Cotswold District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Davies H
- Postcode
- GL54 2EY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that removing condition 24 would have on the safety of users of the highway
What decided it
Removing condition 24 would allow general parking use that could significantly increase traffic movements and pedestrian/cyclist use of unsuitable surrounding roads, creating unacceptable risks to highway safety that the condition was designed to prevent.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy INF4
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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