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Dismissed26 September 20253359082

Employment Land - Land East of Spratsgate Lane , Cirencester , Gloucestershire, GL7 6DF

Planning appeal 3359082 at Employment Land - Land East of Spratsgate Lane , Cirencester , Gloucestershire, GL7 6DF (Cotswold District Council) was dismissed on 26 September 2025 by Inspector Pipkin R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to noise arising from the layout of the employment area and whether the proposed mitigation would be effective.

Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) of the employment area east of Spratsgate Lane, pursuant to condition 1 of outline permission 16/00054/OUT for a mixed-use development at Chesterton Farm, Cirencester

Authority
Cotswold District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Major dwellings
Inspector
Pipkin R
Postcode
GL7 6DF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to noise arising from the layout of the employment area and whether the proposed mitigation would be effective
  • the effect of the landscaping proposals on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to tree planting along Wilkinson Road and Spratsgate Lane

What decided it

the proposed layout would give rise to unacceptable noise harm to neighbouring occupiers which the proposed mitigation (SoNM and Noise Management Plans) failed to satisfactorily control

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EN15Policy EN1
Judgments
R (oao Ornua Ingredients Ltd) and Herefordshire Council [2018] EWHC 2239 (Admin)

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