Gold Scaffolding, Murrell Green, London Road, Hartley, Wintney, HOOK, RG27 8HZ

continued use of the site for open storage without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref: 23/01786/FUL dated 16/09/2024

Authority: Hart District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Evans L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the requirements of the condition are reasonable and necessary to protect the living conditions of nearby residents

What decided it

The submitted acoustic report, supported by technical details of a specifically designed Jakoustic fence, adequately demonstrated that noise impacts from extended operating hours could be mitigated to acceptable levels, thereby protecting the living conditions of nearby residents.

Framework references: 135, 187, 198, 57

Plan policies cited: Policy GEN1 of the Hart Local Plan (Replacement) 1996-2006, Policy NBE11 of the Hart Local Plan (Strategy and Sites) 2032

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.