DATE INSPECTED: 16/11/2010
Ribble Valley Borough Council
DELEGATED ITEM FILE REPORT - APPROVAL
Ref: RH
Application No:
3/2010/0808
Development Proposed:
Additional safety improvement for public protection by
erecting a steel fire wall on an existing sump bund wall and
insulation for asset protection of a heat shield (fire cladding)
on existing factory building at 3M Health Care Ltd, Upbrooks,
Clitheroe.
CONSULTATIONS: Parish/Town Council
Clitheroe Town Council – No Objection.
CONSULTATIONS: Highway/Water Authority/Other Bodies
N/A
CONSULTATIONS: Nearby Residents
No observations received.
RELEVANT POLICIES:
Policy G1 - Development Control
COMMENTS/ENVIRONMENTAL/AONB/HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES/RECOMMENDATION:
Permission is sought for development within the site of 3M Health Care Ltd, which is one of
a number of companies located on the Upbrooks Industrial Estate within the main settlement
of Clitheroe.
The application details the erection of a 2.4 metre high and 13 metre in length firewall
constructed of steel interlocking tiles to be sited towards the north-eastern corner of the site
approx. 2.7m from the edge of the boundary fence and adjacent to the existing bulk storage
tanks. The wall is to provide protection to the public walking on the public footpath just
outside the site, if an incident was to occur with the storage tanks.
Further risk assessment on site has identified a requirement for a 16-metre length, 6m in
height and 9.5mm thick heat shield constructed of durasteel to be attached via sheeting
rails, which are 100m thick to the north-eastern side elevation of the component
manufacturing facility (the northern, of the two main buildings on site) the eastern elevation
of which faces Hawthorne Industrial Estate.
As the nearest residential property to the north-east of the proposals are over 100 metres
away any impact of the proposals upon neighbouring residential amenity will be minimal.
With regards to visual impact it is considered that the materials used in the construction of
the heat shield and firewall will compliment the colour and construction materials of the main
building. They will not prove visually prominent as they are situated within the main confines
of the site, the north-eastern corner of which is bounded by a fence, together with a group of
mature trees and further individual mature trees and shrubbery which will provide sufficient
screening.
Therefore, I do not consider this application would cause a significant detrimental impact on
the visual amenity of the area or on the residential amenity of the occupiers of the
surrounding properties. As such, the application is recommended accordingly.
SUMMARY OF REASONS FOR APPROVAL:
The proposal has no significant detrimental impact on nearby residential amenity nor would it
have an adverse visual impact.
RECOMMENDATION: That conditional planning permission be granted.