Land Rear of Red Lyons Business Centre, Red Lyons Farm, Burnham Road, Latchingdon, CHELMSFORD, CM3 6EY

Without planning permission: a) the unauthorised change of use of ‘The Land’ from a B8 scaffolding storage use to a Sui Generis HGV vehicle Driver Training Centre, with associated parking area; b) the erection of an unauthorised internal close boarded, timber boundary treatment and metal double gates; and c) the unauthorised positioning of commercial containers

Authority: Maldon District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: King T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to any visual detriment arising and potential for noise and disturbance
whether the development would give rise to conditions prejudicial to highway safety

What decided it

The absence of detailed operational information for the HGV training centre use, combined with identified likely harm to neighbouring living conditions through noise and disturbance and potential highway safety conflicts, rendered the development unacceptable and contrary to the development plan.

Plan policies cited: Policy E1, Policy D1, Policy D2, Policy T2, Policy S1

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