Phase D, Olney Park, Land to the South West of Warrington Road , Olney, MK46 5GP

erection of drive-thru coffee shop and associated works

Authority: Milton Keynes Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: retail · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Townend K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the supply of employment land and employment opportunities
whether a satisfactory sequential test has been carried out so as to comply with national and local planning policy which seeks to steer main town centre uses to town centre sites

What decided it

The appellant demonstrated through marketing evidence that there was no longer a reasonable prospect of the site being used for the designated employment use, and no sequentially preferable sites could accommodate the drive-thru coffee shop format.

Plan policies cited: Policy ER2, Policy ER3, Policy ER10, Policy SC1, Policy NE3, Policy NE7, Policy FR1, Policy FR2, Policy CT2, Policy CT6, Policy CT9, Policy ONP12, Policy ONP15, Policy ONP8

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