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Magnum Fabrications Ltd, 18 High Street, Donington, Spalding, PE11 4TA
Planning appeal 3340576 at Magnum Fabrications Ltd, 18 High Street, Donington, Spalding, PE11 4TA (South Holland District Council) was dismissed on 2 August 2024 by Inspector Pearce S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be ancillary to the effective functioning of the Established Employment Site.
a “proposal of 11 dwellings comprising of 7 town houses and 4 detached dwellings
- Authority
- South Holland District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Pearce S
- Postcode
- PE11 4TA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be ancillary to the effective functioning of the Established Employment Site
- whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or the appearance of the Donington Conservation Area
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupiers, with particular regard to noise
What decided it
The irreconcilable conflict between the need for acoustic mitigation (a 2.4 metre fence) to protect future residents from noise, which is unacceptable on heritage grounds in a Conservation Area, and the absence of any alternative adequate mitigation, combined with the loss of employment land contrary to Policy 7.
The modest weight of housing delivery and town centre location benefits was insufficient to outweigh the less-than-substantial harm to the significance of the designated heritage asset, to which great weight must be given under paragraph 205 of the Framework, and the conflicts with development plan policies on employment land protection and residential amenity.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 7Policy 2Policy 3Policy 29Policy 25
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 205Paragraph 208
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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