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Sept
Industrial development approved at Flaxby
An industrial development at Flaxby has been approved three years after the planning application was first made.
Permission has been granted to build a unit with more than 1,200 square metres of floor space for class B2 and B8 uses, plus service yard and car parking area.
B2 denotes general industrial uses, such as manufacturing or production, which may affect neighbours through noise or pollution. Class B8 is for storage and distribution uses, such as warehouses.
The development, whose applicants are listed as D Wilson and H Atkinson, is earmarked for a 1.43-acre site adjacent to, but separate from, the Flaxby industrial estate at the junction of York Road with the A59, close to junction 47 of the A1(M). Close neighbours include Chippindale Eggs and Bush Tyres.
The site, at centre left, is coloured red.
Development of the site has been a long time coming. A planning application was refused in 1995 and two more were turned down in 1998.
On this occasion, none of the statutory consultees objected to the plans, but five members of the public did, as did Goldsborough and Flaxby Parish Council.
The parish council cited several grounds for objection, including a possible increased risk of accidents on the single-width access lane, the loss of trees and hedgerows, and the undesirability of industrialisation of the countryside.
Consent was finally granted, but with 25 conditions, including one stipulating that the development must be built to achieve a minimum BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent'.
Permission is due to expire three years from today, on Friday, September 8, 2028.
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