®Planning appeal decision
Land to the east of Home Farm, Dukes Road, Dorking,, Surrey, RH5 5BY
the conversion of two barns into Use Class E (g)/B8 use for the storage of tree surgeon’s equipment, the maintenance, repair and open storage of associated woodchip, timber and green waste. In addition minor ancillary works including staff parking, perimeter screen planting, the relocation of bund to the south of the site and sewage treatment plant
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Knight A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to the development plan
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- whether the proposed development would have a harmful effect on living conditions for nearby residential occupiers
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate that the proposed tree surgery depot necessitates a rural location, and failed to provide sufficient information to show that noise and vehicular movements would not cause unacceptable harm to neighbouring amenity.
Plan policies cited: Policy EN2, Policy INF1, Policy EN10, Policy EN4
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