®Planning appeal decision
Moss Lane, Lostock Green, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 7PG
‘The material change of use of the land to storage and distribution (Class B8) use for the storage of refrigerated trailers, plus an open sided structure with plastic panelled dual pitched roof and the construction of earth bunds’ (“the unauthorised development”)
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development requires a countryside location and could not be accommodated in an identified settlement in the interests of protecting the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside
- Effect of the development on highway safety
- Effect of the development on health and safety arising from potential past site contamination
- Effect of the development on biodiversity
What decided it
The storage use met a demonstrated need for outside storage that could not be met within settlements and would make effective use of previously developed land, outweighing moderate countryside harm that could be mitigated by landscaping; conversely, the building and bunds lacked justification and caused significant unjustified harm.
Framework references: 11, 56, 124, 125, 196, 197
Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT 9, Policy STRAT 10, Policy ENV 2, Policy ENV 3, Policy ENV 4, Policy ENV 6, Policy DM 3, Policy DM 32, Policy DM 44, Policy DM 45, Policy SOC 5, Policy T5
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.