Planning appeal decision
Agricultural Barn at Ridings Farm, The Ridings, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, DE72 3SF
Planning appeal 3324140 at Agricultural Barn at Ridings Farm, The Ridings, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, DE72 3SF (Erewash Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 December 2023 by Inspector Gunn J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development complies with the conditions, limitations or restrictions specified in Part 3, Class R of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).
the change of use from agricultural barn and storage to light industrial use as a Technical Development Unit for lightweight steel frame building system
- Authority
- Erewash Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Gunn J
- Postcode
- DE72 3SF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development complies with the conditions, limitations or restrictions specified in Part 3, Class R of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended)
- whether prior approval should be granted having regard to paragraphs R.3(1)(b)(i) and (ii) of the GPDO with particular regard to the transport and highways and noise impacts of the development
What decided it
The proposal fails to comply with Class E requirements because the noise levels generated (99 dB(A) at 1m from roll forming units) could not be carried out in any residential area without detriment to amenity, and highway safety would be compromised by substandard visibility and conflicts with parked vehicles on The Ridings.
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