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Dismissed22 November 20243327402

Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford, CO6 3AQ

Planning appeal 3327402 at Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford, CO6 3AQ (Essex County Council) was dismissed on 22 November 2024 by Inspector Wilkinson F, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the principle of the proposal with regard to its location and need for the facility.

retrospective planning permission for a composting facility to process 25,000 tpa of green waste to include the provision of weighbridge, 0.4ha of hardstanding for windrows and associated landscaping

Authority
Essex County Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
minerals-waste · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Wilkinson F
Postcode
CO6 3AQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the principle of the proposal with regard to its location and need for the facility
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The harm to the character and appearance of the rural landscape from the combined effect of the operations and HGV movements was found to outweigh the benefits of additional waste management capacity.

the benefits of providing additional waste management capacity were outweighed by the identified long-term harm to the character and appearance of the area, resulting in conflict with the development plan as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 1Policy 6Policy 10Policy 11Policy 12Policy OV2Policy DM7Policy DM15Policy DM1Policy DM24Policy ENV5Policy SP1

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