®Planning appeal decision
Huncote Mill, Croft Hill Road, Huncote, Leicestershire, LE9 3GR
Planning appeal 3321950 at Huncote Mill, Croft Hill Road, Huncote, Leicestershire, LE9 3GR (Blaby District Council) was allowed on 28 February 2025 by Inspector Jones D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on highway safety.
Material change of use of the land for the research and development of products and processes (Class E(g)(ii) use)
- Authority
- Blaby District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones D
- Postcode
- LE9 3GR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on highway safety
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring residential properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- Whether the development is in a suitable location having regard to the development plan
What decided it
The material considerations supporting rural economic development and the reuse of previously developed land, combined with the absence of significant harm to highway safety, character, or amenity when conditions are imposed, outweighed the conflict with Policy DM3 regarding location outside the settlement boundary.
The conflict with Policy DM3 (limited weight) was outweighed by significant weight given to the support for rural economy under NPPF paragraphs 88–89, the reuse of previously developed land, the absence of unacceptable impacts on local roads, and the provision of local employment, such that a decision otherwise than in accordance with the development plan was warranted.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM8Policy FV6Policy DM2Policy CS2Policy CS18Policy CS1Policy DM3Policy CS6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 88Paragraph 89
- Judgments
- Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207
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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