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Dismissed22 October 20253362813

Car Park, Wellington Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7NE

Planning appeal 3362813 at Car Park, Wellington Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7NE (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 October 2025 by Inspector Kempton N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Effect of the development on the significance of designated heritage assets, with particular regard to the Church of the Nazarene and Ashton Town Centre Conservation Area.

the siting of a storage container

Authority
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Kempton N
Postcode
OL6 7NE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Effect of the development on the significance of designated heritage assets, with particular regard to the Church of the Nazarene and Ashton Town Centre Conservation Area
  • Living conditions of neighbouring occupiers at numbers 94, 96 and 98 Wellington Street, with particular regard to outlook

What decided it

The harm to the significance of the designated heritage assets and the detrimental effect on neighbouring residents' outlook could not be justified by the limited public benefits of the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan (2024) Policy JP-P2 HeritageTameside Unitary Development Plan (2004) Policy C2 Conservation AreasTameside Unitary Development Plan (2004) Policy C4 Control of Development in Conservation AreasTameside Unitary Development Plan (2004) Policy C6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 202Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 215Paragraph 135

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