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Dismissed21 April 20266001052

Land Adjacent Recreation Ground and Unit 54 Globe Industrial Estate, Towers Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 6ST

Planning appeal 6001052 at Land Adjacent Recreation Ground and Unit 54 Globe Industrial Estate, Towers Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 6ST (Thurrock Borough Council) was dismissed on 21 April 2026 by Inspector Dyer I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether Condition 16 attached to the planning permission is necessary and reasonable to safeguard the living conditions of neighbours.

erection of 10 B2/B8 commercial units, with mezzanine space with associated parking area, bicycle storage, refuge storage, and landscaping without complying with a condition attached to planning permission 23/00311/FUL, dated 6 June 2024

Authority
Thurrock Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Dyer I
Postcode
RM17 6ST

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether Condition 16 attached to the planning permission is necessary and reasonable to safeguard the living conditions of neighbours

What decided it

The absence of any alternative, practicable means of controlling noise disturbance that could be effectively secured through planning conditions means Condition 16 provides the necessary and reasonable control to safeguard neighbouring residential amenity.

What the Inspector cited

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