Units 14, 15, 20, 16 and 19 Masons Place Business Park, Nottingham Road, Derby, DE21 6YZ

change of use to 31 apartments within Use Class C3. Works include alterations to external doors and windows including some new windows, and demolition of 2 modern extensions to Buildings 13 and 15 which are the subject of a separate planning application. In ternal alterations

Authority: Derby City Council
Appeal type: major · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: DE21 6YZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development
Contamination risks in relation to the buildings

What decided it

The submission of a comprehensive Phase 1 Land Contamination Risk Assessment and a robust Noise Assessment, supported by appropriate conditions, adequately addressed the Council's concerns on both contamination and noise impacts.

Plan policies cited: H14, E12, GD5

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