®Planning appeal decision
Units 1 to 3 Camp Road Industrial Estate, 14 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6EW
Change of use of Unit 1 from mixed use Storage and Distribution/Retail, to Class 4 MOT vehicle and motorbike testing centre with ancillary offices (Use Class B2); continued use of Unit 2 as a vehicle service and repair premises with ancillary offices (Use Class B2); continued use of Unit 3 as a Class 7 MOT vehicle testing centre with ancillary storage (Use Class B2); retention of canopies outside Units 1 and 2, retention vehicle access gate on north boundary and new gate on south boundary and retention of boundary fencing and additional fencing”
- Authority
- Rushmoor Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Kent R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development makes suitable provision for the parking of vehicles including its effect on highway safety
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the site and its surroundings
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of occupiers of nearby dwellings with reference to noise
What decided it
The shortfall of 7 parking spaces against the adopted standards, with no available on-street parking to accommodate overspill, created a clear and compelling justification for applying maximum parking standards and demonstrated that the development did not make suitable provision for vehicle parking in accordance with Policy IN2.
Plan policies cited: Policy IN2, Policy DE1, Policy DE10
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.