Jewson, Unit 1, 106 Hawley Lane, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8JE

Change of use of site from Light industrial / office use (E Commercial Use Class) to Builders Merchant (sui generis) for the display, sale and storage of building supplies with outside display and storage areas including racking, and a trade counter and sales area, and external alterations to facilitate that use, comprising 4 roller shutter doors recladding of front and side elevations and installation of solar roof panels at Unit 1, 106 Hawley Lane, Farnborough GU14 8JE without complying with conditions 2 and 4 attached to planning permission Ref: 24/00460/FULP

Authority: Rushmoor Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Perrins N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposed racking, limited to two designated areas and set within a commercial employment context with existing buildings and landscape features that frame views, would not result in material visual harm to the character and appearance of the locality.

Framework references: 57

Plan policies cited: Policy DE1, Policy PC1

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