®Planning appeal decision
Cornwood Farm , Napton Road, Stockton, CV47 8HU
Redevelopment of existing commercial site to provide new commercial units (use class E (g) (iii)) with associated works
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Szymanski D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposed development is compliant with policies concerned with the provision and location of employment development
- the effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The economic, design, biodiversity and character/appearance benefits of the scheme were found collectively to outweigh the conflict with development plan policies on the location of employment development.
the benefits of the proposed development (economic, energy efficiency, biodiversity net gain, drainage betterment and character/appearance improvements) outweighed the adverse effects and policy conflicts, including conflict with the development plan as a whole
Framework references: 81, 84, 85
Plan policies cited: Policy CS.15, Policy CS.22, Policy AS.10, Policy AS.11, Policy CS.26, Policy CS.5, Policy CS.9, Policy SAP.9, Policy 4 of the NP, Policy 10 of the NP
Judgments cited: Murfitt v SSE & East Cambridgeshire CC [1980] JPL 598; Fayrewood Fish Farms v SSE & Hampshire CC [1984] JPL 267
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.