Manchester Road, Rochdale, OL11 3AD

Planning appeal 3329801 at Manchester Road, Rochdale, OL11 3AD (Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 March 2024 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on highway safety and the free flow of traffic.

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
Postcode: OL11 3AD

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: DM1T1T2G9C2P1P3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 115Paragraph 135Paragraph 191

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