®Planning appeal decision
Allowed21 March 20253356333
Throstle Croft Main Road, Thurnham, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 0DP
for the change of use of agricultural store/workshop to agricultural engineering (B2)
- Authority
- Lancaster City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Smith D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of noise arising from the proposed use on the living conditions of neighbouring residential properties
- Whether the use is in a suitable location having regard to relevant policies regarding employment land and economic development in rural areas
- The effect of the proposed noise barrier on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
What decided it
The use of the existing workshop area only, subject to conditions restricting hours, precluding external working, and limiting the use to metal fabrication and agricultural repair, would not prejudice neighbouring residential living conditions and accords with the development plan as a whole.
Plan policies cited: DM29, DM57, DM14, DM15, DM47, DM48, DM46
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