Retrospective plan for Doncaster business expansion receives objections

DMBC planning officers say Catlow Civil Engineering off Pastures Road in Mexborough ‘does not have correct planning permission’ at present and has been ‘operating unauthorised’.

The works also include the erection of a new modular office building which will be located to the front of the site.

In early 2020, the applicant is said to have acquired additional land to expand his business, and began operations including the crushing and recycling of products obtained as part of the business.

The retrospective application to gain planning permission has received 71 objections from nearby residents.

Reasons for objection included additional HGV movements, dust pollution and the impact on health from crushing equipment on cars, noise and impacts on the landscape.

Planning officers said the applicant submitted a Permitted Development (PD) enquiry, following an enforcement complaint relating to an unauthorised wall of soil.

The PD enquiry determined that a full planning permission to retrospectively change the use of the site would be required.

Mexborough ward councillors Bev Chapman and Sean Gibbons have raised concerns relating to the proposal and have ‘been consulted and kept updated’ throughout the planning process, planning officers said.

DMBC Environmental Health team has asked for conditions on operational hours of theuse of the equipment and plant on site to reduce impact upon existing residential amenity through noise and disturbance.

The 24 hour use of the site, they said should be limited to ‘emergencies call-out activities only’.

Planning officers are recommending the application is given planning permission but the final decision will fall to councillors on the planning committee.

DMBC planning officer Jessica Duffield, said: “The proposal is considered in the context of the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

“Officers have identified no adverse economic, environmental or social harm that would significantly or demonstrably outweigh the benefits identified when considered against the policies in the National Planning Policy Framework taken as a whole.

“The proposal is compliant with the adopted development plan and adopted policies and there are no material considerations which indicate the application should be refused.”

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