Squires Farm Industrial Estate, Palehouse Common, Framfield, East Sussex, TN22 5RB

the use of the site for the processing of concrete (B2 Use Class) including storage on site of associated machinery, retention of associated structures including portacabin (site office with W.C), silo and sheds and proposed concrete wash out pit without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref WD/2022/2633/FR, dated 13 October 2023

Authority: Wealden District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Holden S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the restriction on working hours is reasonable and necessary to protect the living conditions of adjoining occupants
Whether the restriction on working hours is reasonable and necessary to preserve the setting of Tewitts Farm, a Grade II listed building

What decided it

The noise assessment evidence supported the officers' original recommendation for extended hours, and there was no evidence that the minor change in operational hours would cause significant additional noise disturbance at the nearest sensitive receptors.

Framework references: 130, 56

Plan policies cited: Spatial Planning Objectives SPO2, Spatial Planning Objectives SPO13, Policy SCS14, Saved Policy EN27

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