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Dismissed31 January 20253356155

H Tones Storage Yard, Oxford Road, Hartlepool, TS25 5SS

Planning appeal 3356155 at H Tones Storage Yard, Oxford Road, Hartlepool, TS25 5SS (Hartlepool Borough Council *) was dismissed on 31 January 2025 by Inspector Teasdale N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on highway safety.

installation of roller shutter door (retrospective) and creation of access and dropped kerb on to Spring Garden Road

Authority
Hartlepool Borough Council *
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Unknown
Inspector
Teasdale N
Postcode
TS25 5SS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on highway safety

What decided it

The proposed development would create unacceptable harm to highway safety by exacerbating existing traffic and parking problems on a predominantly residential street, contrary to Policies QP3 and RC21 of the Hartlepool Local Plan and paragraph 116 of the NPPF.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy QP3Policy RC21 (1)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57Paragraph 116

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