PLANNING STATEMENT RB Grab Hire, Morestead Farm, Morestead, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1JD March 2021 RB Grab Hire, Morestead Farm, Morestead, Winchester, Hampshire Planning Statement Contents Page No. 1 Introduction 1 2 Site and Surroundings 2 3 Planning History 4 4 Proposed Development 5 5 Planning Policy 5 6 Planning Justification 6 7 Conclusion 8 On behalf of RB Grab Hire No part of this document may be reproduced in any form or stored in a Ref.: 20047 retrieval system without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. Date: 05 03 2021 All figures (unless otherwise stated) © Luken Beck MDP ltd. 2021 Ver.: Draft Managing Director: Ian Johnson B.Sc (Hons), M.A., PG Dip UD, M.R.T.P.I. Exec Consultants: Graham Beck JP, M.B.A., LL.B.(Hons), B.A.(Hons), Dip.T.P., M.R.T.P.I., M.C.M.I. Mark Luken M.B.A., B.Sc.(Econ) (Hons), Dip.T.P., M.R.T.P.I., M.C.M.I Company registered in England & Wales No. 7548836 VAT Registration No. 110257563 1. Introduction 1.1 This Planning, Design & Access Statement has been prepared by Luken Beck on behalf of the applicant to support a planning application for the Change of Use for part of Unit 3 of Morestead Farm from Use Class Sui Generis – Scrapyard to enable the creation of a waste recycling facility comprising of soil cleaning and concrete crushing by the intended user, RB Grab Hire. 1.2 The application proposes to convert the southern section of Unit 3 that is currently occupied by Truck Bizz Ltd, a vehicle scrap yard (Sui Generis), to the proposed waste recycling facility comprising of soil cleaning and concrete crushing following the downsizing of the scrap yard operation to the northern section of Unit 3. The proposals will enable the unit to be split with both businesses operating independently. The southern section of the site has already been cleared by the scrapyard operation with some initial development undertaken including the installation of frames for the proposed walls. 1.3 The application proposes an industrial use within an existing, well-established industrial site that contains 12 different units hosting a range of commercial and industrial businesses ranging from scrap yards and breakers to scaffolders and fencing. The proposal ensures that an industrial use is retained on a well-established industrial site, removing pressure from more sensitive locations within the National Park and helping promote a sustainable rural economy. A B C D A Units 4 and 5 to the north of the site. B Unit 3 that is subject to this Change of Use Application C Units 1 and 2 to the south of the site D The main access into Morestead Farm from Morestead Road Figure 1: The site subject to the proposals, and the surrounds labelled for context (Feb 2021). 24/03/2021 1 V1.0 2. The Site and Surroundings 2.1 The subject site which covers the southern section of Unit 3 (approximately 800m2) is located on Morestead Farm, a small industrial site comprising 12 units, on the western side of Morestead Road in Morestead approximately 3.5 miles to the south of Winchester and 2.5 miles to the east of Twyford. The wider Morestead Farm industrial estate site covers an area of approximately 1.6 hectares, and the site for the proposed change of use subject to this planning application is located on the eastern side of the site. The site sits outside a defined settlement boundary within the South Downs National Park and is therefore to additional policy requirements. 2.2 The existing Unit 3 site is currently occupied by Truck Bizz Ltd, a vehicle scrap yard, who have downsized their operation and are proposing to split the unit. The vehicle scrap yard will retain the northern half, releasing the southern half of the unit for the proposed concrete crushing and soil cleaning use intended to be used by RB Grab Hire. Unit 3 currently has two access points in its north western and south western corners – the proposed split would result in no changes to these access points with the north western access continued to be used by the scrap yard operation, and the south western access to be used by the proposed concrete crushing / soil cleaning operation. 2.3 Unit 3 faces onto a large open courtyard area which sits to the west of the proposed change of use site, and this courtyard provides access to all the other industrial units at the site. There is a small area in the south western corner of the designated for car parking, with the entire Morestead Farm site served by an access route in the south eastern corner of the site off Morestead Road. The boundaries of the Unit 3 site are defined by industrial fencing, with the applicant currently in the process of the installing the infrastructure to provide larger breeze block walls to provide additional acoustic barriers. The southern and western boundaries of the wider Morestead Farm site are defined by dense vegetation whilst immediately to the north and east of the site sits Morestead Stables and associated paddocks. 2.4 The surrounding area is characterised by its rural setting with open countryside beyond the Morestead Farm site. A small collection of residential properties sits to the south of the wider Morestead Farm site towards the heart of the village of Morestead. 24/03/2021 2 V1.0 Figure 2: Aerial photo of the site, the location of the temporary classroom and the wider context including locations in the surrounds (Source: Google Earth) OS NORTH Notes: ALL SITE SURFACE TO BE IMPERMEABLE SITE BOUNDARY G GULLY BOUNDARY WALL AND BAYS TO BE CONSTRUCTED FROM 1.2 x 0.6 x 0.6M DRAINAGE CONCRETE LEGO BLOCKS VEHICULAR ACCESS AND MOVEMENT 10m CONCRETE LEGO BRICK WALL SOIL BAY TOPSOIL 10m 9.6m 3m TYPE 1 4.8m BALLAST SHINGLE HARDCORE BAY A 14/12/20 Initial issue NG LB PROCESSING AREA Rev Date Description By Ckd SAND 6m Filwood Green Business Park, 1 Filwood Park Lane, Bristol BS4 1ET Tel: 0117 370 4250 www.mtsenvironmental.co.uk QUARANTINE BAY This drawing is the copyright of MTS Environmental Ltd. No liabilty will be accepted for any amendments to this drawing either printed or digital by parties other than MTS Environmental Ltd. Client STORAGE CONTAINER FOR FUEL, JET WASH & TOOLS (6 x 2.5m) Project G Gough's Transport Site, Morsley, Winchester CONCRETE V CHANNEL DRAIN Title SITE LAYOUT GULLY TO BE CONNECTED TO EXISTING POSITIVE DRAINAGE SYSTEM Drawn Checked Scale at A3 Date Issue Date NG LB 1:200 14/12/20 14/12/20 0 10 Drawing status INFORMATION Metres Drawing No. Revision FIGURE 2 A Figure 3: Proposed Site Layout Plan with the proposed development (Source: 24/03/2021 3 V1.0 3. Planning History 3.1 The full relevant planning history of the site is primarily historical, and can be summarised as follows; 85/00995/OLD Use of land as scrap yard, alterations to access Status: Granted Permission, 2nd December 1985 95/33333/FUL Use of land as scrap yard, alterations to access Status: Granted Permission, 16th May 1995 24/03/2021 4 V1.0 4. Proposed Development 4.1 The proposal comprises the Change of Use of part of Unit 3 at Morestead Farm, Morestead Road, Morestead from Sui Generis (Scrap Yard) to a waste recycling facility comprising of soil cleaning and concrete crushing. The proposed business would bring in and sort material, which will comprise concrete, stone and soil, with the material stored in separate bays that will surround the crushing area. The site will have a capacity to store up to 50 tonnes of materials at any one time, with around 64 tonnes being taken into and out of the site daily. The materials will be sourced from sites across Winchester, Southampton and the local surrounding area before being resold out to local businesses. Both the screener and crusher that will be used at the site will benefit from silencers fitted to their exhausts to reduce the noise impact from the proposals. 4.2 The proposed crushing area will be surrounded by 4m high concrete block walls on the northern, eastern and southern boundaries, with a further 1m timber fence on top of it to reduce the noise impacts from the proposals on the surrounding landscape and the residential properties located to the south of the Morestead Farm site. The proposals would bring limited traffic and noise generation owing to the small scale and low intensity of the proposed use. There will be 6 two-way daily vehicle movements from the site as a result of the proposals, of which 4 will be associated with HGV trips. The proposed hours of operation is 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday, and 9am – 12pm Saturday. 4.3 The proposed facility will act as an important facility that will play a role in the ongoing national strategy to reduce the disposal of waste and to encourage re-use wherever possible as set out within the waste hierarchy of the National Planning Policy for Waste. The use of this existing brownfield site, that is suitable owing to its location with an existing industrial complex will help improve self-sufficiency in dealing with waste in accordance with the aspirations of the Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan. Figure 4: The existing site, as viewed from its access towards the eastern boundary (Feb 2021). 24/03/2021 5 V1.0 5. Planning Policy National Planning Policy Framework 5.1 Guidance is provided by central government in the form of the NPPF published in February 2019 which is a significant material consideration in the determination of planning applications.