Residents get ready to restart fight against petrol station plan for former village pub in Mellor Brook
It was the second time that the committee had dismissed the boomerang blueprint for the site, after first refusing planning permission in February 2018. Later the same year, a planning inspector upheld that decision, ruling that residents would be unable to get any “respite” from the noise generated by the proposed operation.
Ann Wainwright, one of the residents opposed to the proposal – which attracted over 400 objections earlier this year – said that locals were gearing up their efforts to drive the petrol station plans out of the village once and for all. “I’m just at the side [of the site] and I’ll have a big fence next to me and all the noise. Another lady’s bedroom and bathroom windows are just feet from where the petrol station would be – I can’t imagine what her life is going to be like if it gets passed,” Ann added.The planning committee’s most recent refusal was based, in part, on concerns about “increased activity, both within the site and [on] the highway”.
“The majority of these [customers] will be passing the site along Branch Road or Preston New Road in any event,” he said.The agent for the application, Deborah Smith, told members that the latest proposal was “very different” to the earlier iteration – and that there were no grounds to refuse it again after council officers agreed that it would not have a significant adverse impact on residents, provided the appropriate mitigation measures were put in place.
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