Planning appeal decision
Meads Service Station, Arterial Road, Purfleet-on-Thames, RM19 1TS
Planning appeal 3360288 at Meads Service Station, Arterial Road, Purfleet-on-Thames, RM19 1TS (Thurrock Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 June 2025 by Inspector Davis J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the appeal proposal on the amenity of the area and on public safety.
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- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- advertisement · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Davis J
- Postcode
- RM19 1TS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the appeal proposal on the amenity of the area and on public safety
What decided it
The proposal would harm both visual amenity through excessive prominence and clutter, and public safety through driver distraction at a busy junction with heavy traffic.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CSTP22Policy PMD2Policy PMD9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 141
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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