Planning appeal decision
Bentleys Farm , Bentleys Farm Lane, Warrington, WA4 4QA
Planning appeal 3344910 at Bentleys Farm , Bentleys Farm Lane, Warrington, WA4 4QA (Cheshire West and Chester) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 July 2025 by Inspector Ollerenshaw M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control, specifically whether HGV movements to and from the site exceed the limits set out in condition 9 of planning permission 20/01706/FUL.
failure to comply with a condition imposed on a planning permission ref 20/01706/FUL granted on 24 May 2022
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Ollerenshaw M
- Postcode
- WA4 4QA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control, specifically whether HGV movements to and from the site exceed the limits set out in condition 9 of planning permission 20/01706/FUL
What decided it
The evidence clearly demonstrated that HGV movements to and from the site exceeded 10 per day on multiple occasions in 2023, constituting a breach of condition 9, and the appellant did not dispute these figures.
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