Land Adjacent The Timberyard, Chalk Road, Brandon, IP27 0SD

Planning appeal 3338382 at Land Adjacent The Timberyard, Chalk Road, Brandon, IP27 0SD (West Suffolk) was dismissed on 24 October 2024 by Inspector Pearce J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition restricting operating hours is necessary, enforceable and reasonable having regard to the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with regard to noise and disturbance.

the use of land on permanent basis for storage of sand and stationing of vehicles in association with sawmill/forestry work without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref F/99/042, dated 24 March 1999

Authority: West Suffolk
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Pearce J
Postcode: IP27 0SD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the condition restricting operating hours is necessary, enforceable and reasonable having regard to the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with regard to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The lack of substantive evidence regarding current noise levels and the potential for increased disturbance at unsociable hours to immediately adjacent residential dwellings meant the condition restricting operating hours was necessary and reasonable to protect neighbouring amenities.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 57

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