®Planning appeal decision
Voltage Park, Manchester Road, Carrington, Trafford, M31 4BR
for the construction of new employment units within Class B8, with ancillary offices as well as car parking, service yards, landscaping, ancillary structures and associated works
- Authority
- Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Davies B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue is therefore whether the proposal accords with the development plan when considered as a whole and, if not, whether there are material planning considerations that indicate a decision should be made that is not in accordance with the development plan.
What decided it
The substantial benefits of delivering over 500 jobs and redeveloping a large brownfield employment allocation outweighed the moderate-weight conflict with Policy JPA 30's masterplan requirement.
The moderate harm from conflict with Policy JPA 30 (masterplan non-compliance) was outweighed by the substantial benefits of brownfield employment development, job creation and biodiversity net gain, so the balance tipped in favour of allowing the appeal.
Framework references: 116, 193, 58, 57, 125
Plan policies cited: Policy JP Allocation 30 (JPA 30), JP-Strat11, JP-Strat-9, JP-C8, JP-Strat 14, L4, JP-D2, JP-G8
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.