Land off M1- A45 Roundabout Junction 16, Upper Heyford, NN7 3NF

the extraction of sand and gravel with the deposition of suitable inert material

Authority: West Northamptonshire
Appeal type: other · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: minerals-waste · Mineral working
Inspector: Sargent J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the principle of the development
its effect on the character and appearance of the area
noise
air emissions
highway safety
biodiversity
flooding

What decided it

The proposal's accordance with the long-standing minerals allocation and Local Plan Policy 4, with impacts capable of being satisfactorily mitigated by condition, meant it accorded with the development plan as a whole.

the development's accordance with the development plan, together with conditions mitigating noise, dust, biodiversity, flood risk and heritage impacts, outweighed the temporary harms identified, and the appeal was allowed

Plan policies cited: Policy 4, Allocation M3, Policy 18, Policy 19, Policy 20, Policy 21

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