Warish Hall Farm, Parsonage Road, Takeley, Essex, CM22 6PU

Planning appeal 3354288 at Warish Hall Farm, Parsonage Road, Takeley, Essex, CM22 6PU (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 31 March 2025 by Inspector Carpenter C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular reference to the impact of HGVs on the highway network.

erection of 4 no. industrial/flexible employment (Use Class E) buildings with associated landscaping and parking at land known as 7 Acres , Warish Hall Farm, Parsonage Road, Takeley without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref UTT/22/2744/FUL, dated 28 June 2023

Authority: Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Carpenter C
Postcode: CM22 6PU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular reference to the impact of HGVs on the highway network
the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular reference to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The modest scale of the appeal proposal, combined with evidence that overall traffic would reduce despite increased HGV movements, and that highway authorities raised no objections, meant there would be no severe cumulative impact on highway safety or material adverse effects on neighbouring living conditions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GEN1Policy GEN2Policy GEN4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 116

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