®Planning appeal decision
Former site of Stardust, Beveridge Lane, Bardon, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 1TB
‘change of use of land for parking of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) for a temporary period of 36 months including erection of fencing/gates and a mobile building’
- Authority
- North West Leicestershire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the use of the site for parking of HGVs on highway safety, and pedestrian safety within the car park of the CA
- the effect of the use of the land for parking of HGVs on the CA business
- there is also a planning balance to be considered, which will take into account the need for the continued use of the site for parking of HGVs and whether this need outweighs any harm caused by the use
What decided it
The unmitigated, potentially fatal risk to pedestrian safety from HGVs manoeuvring through the Cavendish Arms car park significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefit of meeting unmet demand for lorry parking.
the benefit of meeting a recognised unmet need for HGV/lorry parking was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the severe, unmitigated risk to pedestrian safety and the significant harm caused to the Cavendish Arms business
Framework references: 11, 114, 115, 116, 117, 200
Plan policies cited: EBPNP policy E2
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