Your NRG, Station Yard, Station Road, Thetford, Suffolk, IP24 2PD

the continued use of heating fuel storage and distribution business (Class B8), retention of 4 storage tanks, 1 storage container, 2 fuel distribution points, 1 office portacabin, associated hard standing, underground interceptor tank, lighting and installation of 5th storage tank without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref DC/19/2155/FUL, dated 7 September 2021

Authority: West Suffolk
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Pearce S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of varying conditions 6, 7, 8 and 9 on the living conditions of existing occupiers, with particular regard to noise

What decided it

The proposed increase in HGV movements and extended operating hours, combined with the need to open the noise barrier gate more frequently, would result in materially harmful noise impacts on nearby residential occupiers that cannot be adequately mitigated.

Framework references: 9, 12, 15

Plan policies cited: Policy RV4, Policy DM2, Policy DM14, Policy DM12, Policy DM13

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