Planning appeal decision
Your Nrg, Station Yard, Station Road, Thetford, Suffolk, IP24 2PD
Planning appeal 3329881 at Your Nrg, Station Yard, Station Road, Thetford, Suffolk, IP24 2PD (West Suffolk) was dismissed on 22 November 2024 by Inspector Pearce S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of varying conditions 6, 7, 8 and 9 on the living conditions of existing occupiers, with particular regard to noise.
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
- Postcode
- IP24 2PD
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RV4Policy DM2Policy DM14Policy DM12Policy DM13
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 9Paragraph 12Paragraph 15
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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