Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd, College Road, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0AA

installation of one rapid electric vehicle charging station and ancillary equipment without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 2024/05351/PA, dated 28 November 2024

Authority: Birmingham City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector: Harding C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the removal of Condition 4 on the living conditions of existing occupiers of nearby properties with particular reference to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The removal of the operating hours condition would create unacceptable noise and disturbance to nearby residential occupiers from 24-hour EV charging station use in an otherwise quiet car park after midnight, conflicting with Policy DM2 and outweighing the environmental benefits of the proposal.

Framework references: 168

Plan policies cited: Policy DM2 of the Birmingham Local Plan Development in Birmingham Development Plan Document 2021, Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017

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