®Planning appeal decision
Manchester Road, Rochdale, OL11 3AD
without the benefit of planning permission, a material change of use of the land from the sale of motor vehicles (Sui Generis) to a mixed use comprising tyre storage, processing (including shredding and baling), and export, and tyre sales and fitting (Sui Generis) facilitated by operational development consisting of the erection of a single storey rear extension to house a baling machine (shown hatched in red on the Plan)
- Authority
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hartley D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on highway safety and the free flow of traffic
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties in respect of noise and disturbance
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The development fails to accord with the development plan on three independent grounds: highway safety due to inadequate turning facilities and reversing manoeuvres on the classified road, unacceptable noise and disturbance to neighbouring residents, and material harm to character and appearance through haphazard tyre storage and advertisements.
Framework references: 115, 135, 191
Plan policies cited: DM1, T1, T2, G9, C2, P1, P3
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.