| 1. | Policy Emp14 of the Great Yarmouth Borough-wide Local Plan states that proposals for general industry and warehousing, and for estates comprising light industry will be required to include adequate separation from existing or proposed neighbouring residential lands and/or areas of nature conservation or landscape importance, by the provision of a landscaped buffer zone, the depth of which will be secured by negotiation.
Paragraph 1.12.6 of the adopted Local Plan states :-
The Council's current practice is to seek suitably landscaped areas which incorporate earth mounding (with mature trees and shrub planting) provided as a buffer between new industrial development and existing and/or proposed residential areas or areas of conservation or landscape importance. Any mounding should take place prior to the industrial development taking place. Any development or change of use within 50 metres of the edge of a landscaped buffer zone or within 87.5 metres of existing residential development will usually be restricted to light industrial, and/or associated office, warehousing or car parking.
The application site is within the 50 metres zone immediately to the north of the landscaped buffer strip at Gapton Hall Industrial Estate between the estate and the adjoining residential development. This area is restricted to light industrial, and/or associated office, warehousing or car parking.
The vehicular movements noise and vibration associated with the proposed use would not only be detrimental to the nearby residential property but to the adjoining light industrial uses. The operation would therefore not be compatible with the Councils current practice stated in paragraph 1.12.6 of the Local Plan or the aims of Policy EMP14.
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