Planning appeal decision
Squires Farm Industrial Estate, Palehouse Common, Framfield, East Sussex, TN22 5RB
Planning appeal 3339882 at Squires Farm Industrial Estate, Palehouse Common, Framfield, East Sussex, TN22 5RB (Wealden District Council) was allowed on 9 October 2024 by Inspector Holden S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the restriction on working hours is reasonable and necessary to protect the living conditions of adjoining occupants.
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
- Postcode
- TN22 5RB
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Spatial Planning Objectives SPO2Spatial Planning Objectives SPO13Policy SCS14Saved Policy EN27
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130Paragraph 56
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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