Land at Freebridge Farm, Clenchwarton Road, Freebridge Services, West Lynn, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 3LW

a highways depot comprising maintenance building, salt barn and ancillary offices plus parking and landscaping without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 22/01332/FUL, dated 22 September 2022

Authority: King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Clowes M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed acoustic 4.5m fence on the living conditions of the occupiers of Freebridge Farm, with particular regard to loss of light and outlook

What decided it

The proposed acoustic fence would result in unacceptable harm to the living conditions of the occupiers of Freebridge Farm through loss of outlook and an imposing visual impact, which could not be sufficiently mitigated by proposed planting and outweighed the moderate benefits of the highway infrastructure.

Framework references: 135

Plan policies cited: Policy CS08, Policy DM15

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