Planning appeal decision
Pauls Farm, Braintree, CM7 4TN
Planning appeal 3365239 at Pauls Farm, Braintree, CM7 4TN (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 22 August 2025 by Inspector Grierson E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that amending condition 11 would have on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties with regard to noise and disturbance.
Erection of commercial units (B8 use) in farmyard with parking and associated landscaping
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Grierson E
- Postcode
- CM7 4TN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that amending condition 11 would have on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties with regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The absence of noise assessment evidence to demonstrate that extended operational hours and machinery use would not cause material disturbance to the occupiers of the nearby residential caravans meant the restrictive condition was necessary and reasonable.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- GEN2GEN4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57
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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