Planning appeal decision
Unit 2, No. 36-38 Fitzwarren Street, Salford, M6 5JF
Planning appeal 3354508 at Unit 2, No. 36-38 Fitzwarren Street, Salford, M6 5JF (Salford City Council) was dismissed on 17 March 2025 by Inspector Burnham T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether it was reasonable of the Council to refuse the application in the absence of a noise assessment and whether such a noise assessment could have been the subject of a condition.
Change of use of Unit 2 from B8 (Storage) to B2 (Window Manufacture)
- Authority
- Salford City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Burnham T
- Postcode
- M6 5JF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether it was reasonable of the Council to refuse the application in the absence of a noise assessment and whether such a noise assessment could have been the subject of a condition
What decided it
The absence of a noise assessment demonstrating that the B2 use would not cause substantial harm to neighbouring residential occupiers, combined with the unreasonableness of imposing a condition to secure acoustic insulation given the uncertain feasibility and cost implications for this particular site.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy F3Policy HH1Policy D5Policy PH1JP-P6
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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