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Notice upheld1 July 20253357884

Former Whitehall Motors, Askern Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 0QT

Planning appeal 3357884 at Former Whitehall Motors, Askern Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 0QT (Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 July 2025 by Inspector Renaudon L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The adequacy of the drainage facilities at the site resulting from the use.

The unauthorised change of use of land to hand car washing facility and the construction of a steel framed structure for use in association with the hand car washing facility

Authority
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Renaudon L
Postcode
DN5 0QT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The adequacy of the drainage facilities at the site resulting from the use
  • The impacts on the living conditions of neighbouring residents resulting from the construction of the steel framed structure and from the noise and activity associated with the use

What decided it

The development failed to meet the drainage and living conditions requirements of the development plan, with no credible evidence that conditions could overcome the Council's objections on either ground.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 56Policy 46

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