®Planning appeal decision
Midwest Construction td, Menmarsh Road, Worminghall, AYLESBURY, Oxfordshire, HP18 9UP
change of use of a scrap yard for the storage and distribution and small scale production of pre-cast concrete products, the erection of buildings, storage of plant and equipment, area of hardstanding, wheel wash, perimeter fencing, lighting and improvements to existing access without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref P20/S1104/FUL, dated 27 January 2023
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Thandi B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that varying condition 1 and removing conditions 2 and 3 would have upon an ancient woodland
What decided it
The site's long history of commercial use and hard surfacing immediately adjacent to the ancient woodland, combined with the absence of substantive evidence of harm to the woodland's health or deterioration, meant that the removal of the buffer zone and landscaping conditions was acceptable.
Framework references: 193
Plan policies cited: ENV1, ENV2, ENV3, DES1, DES2
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