Permission for redevelopment of industrial site in Ross approved

Outline planning permission for the redevelopment of Trelleborg site, Alton Road Industrial Estate, Ross-on-Wye for a mixed use development was approved by members of the southern area planning sub-committee at their meeting on Wednesday, October 15.

The site lies within the settlement boundary of Ross-on-Wye and Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is allocated as employment land in the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan.

Permission was sought for a mixed use development on the site including four light/general industrial units with 69 car parking spaces and five retail warehouses totalling 1,646 square metres with 68 car parking spaces.

The application was in outline form and the detailed approval of access, appearance and landscaping will need to be the subject of a further application.

The application received a mixed response from consultees but Members unanimously supported the comprehensive redevelopment of the site, the increase in jobs and the economic benefits that the proposal will bring to Ross-on-Wye.