Northwood Hygiene Products Ltd, Stafford Park 10, Telford, TF3 3AB

the erection of a front and side office and warehouse extension (Phase 1) and erection of front and side warehouse extension (Phase 2)

Authority: Telford and Wrekin Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Plenty B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether suitable information has been submitted to understand the effect of development on trees and if so, the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, with respect to trees
Whether the proposal provides sufficient detail to make an assessment with respect to Biodiversity Net Gain and therefore the effect of the proposed development on ecological matters

What decided it

The revised Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment, combined with the Unilateral Undertaking securing a 30-year monitoring programme and habitat bank credits, demonstrated that the proposal could adequately mitigate tree loss and achieve the required 10% biodiversity net gain through conditions and obligations.

Plan policies cited: NE2, SP1, NE1

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