Land And Building Off Bath Road Langford Churchill

1. 1.Insufficient information has been provided to enable the Local Planning Authority to establish whether the proposed development complies with all of the conditions, limitations and restrictions applicable to development permitted by Schedule 2, Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) that are relevant to this development. The authority is therefore unable to establish whether the proposal constitutes permitted development and the application has therefore been refused in accordance with paragraph W(3) of the abovementioned Order. In particular, the authority has not been able to establish the site as a part of the established agricultural unit on 24th July 2023.
2. 2.The developer has provided insufficient information to enable the Local Planning Authority to establish whether the proposed development complies with any conditions, limitations or restrictions specified in Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Specifically the building has potential to be used by bats and the developer has not provide a lighting strategy and adequate mitigation proposals for P7CQAZ light spill. There is, therefore, insufficient information to assess whether the proposal will result in the deliberate capture, killing or disturbance of bats or the deterioration or destruction of a breeding site or resting place of such an animal. Bats are a European protected species and in the absence of details to the contrary the proposal will conflict with the requirements of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 and the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.
3. 3.Notwithstanding the decision that the proposal does not constitute permitted development, the Local Planning Authority would have refused to grant prior approval because no information has been submitted to demonstrate that, as a result of the proposed change of use, the site will not be contaminated land as described in part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. In the absence of details to the contrary, the application should therefore be refused in accordance with paragraph W (10) (c) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
4. 4.Notwithstanding the decision that the proposal does not constitute permitted development, the Local Planning Authority would have refused to grant prior approval because inadequate information has been submitted to demonstrate that the development will not give rise to significant adverse noise impacts from working ground and civil works business at the northern neighbouring plot, or that such impacts could be overcome by the imposition of conditions. In the absence of details to the contrary, it is considered that the development will be contrary to Section 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework and to guidance in the Noise Policy Statement for England. The application should therefore be refused in accordance with paragraph W (10) (b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Parish

Churchill

Date validated

3 September 2025

Applicant

Private applicant

Case officer

Jason Mak