Sunday delivery hours at Tesco Stores Ltd, Whitton Road, Bracknell

“This S73 application proposes varying condition 15 of planning permission 09/00727/FUL which itself is a section 73 application to extend the delivery hours on Sundays only to between 0700-2100 hours. Currently deliveries on a Sunday are only permitted between the hours of 0900 and 1700.”

“Deliveries to the store shall only be received at the Service Yard (as shown on Drawing No. 483303/17). Deliveries shall only take place between 0700 hours to 2200 hours Mondays to Saturdays and 0700 to 2100 on Sundays”.”

“The site is within the settlement area. The site is within a Neighbourhood Centre.”

“The Tesco store is located within a residential estate and adjoins the Martins Heron rail station. The current store, retail units and community centre together form a Neighbourhood Centre as defined in the Bracknell Forest Local Plan. Vehicular access to the main car park to the store is from Whitton Road opposite nos. 3-7, with deliveries and staff access from a mini roundabout on Whitton Road close to the junction with Cross Gates Close.”

“09/00727/FUL Section 73 application for variation of (a) condition 11 of planning permission 610811 which states: "Deliveries to and despatch of goods from the site shall take place between the hours of 0700 hours and 1830 hours Monday to Saturday only" to allow deliveries to the store between 0700 hours and 2200 hours Monday to Saturday and 0900 hours and 1700 hours on Sundays and (b) condition 13 of planning permission 610811 which states: "The opening hours of the store…”

“23/0410/FUL Section 73 application to amend condition 15 of application 09/00727/FUL to allow a single night time delivery to be brought to the store between the hours of 0200-0400 daily. Refused 23.09.2023”

“The environmental health officer has considered the submitted noise assessment and considers that the extension of delivery hours on a Sunday would be unlikely to cause residents to be woken and cause nuisance.”

“It is therefore recommended that Condition 15 of 09/00727/FUL be varied as requested and that an additional condition be imposed to ensure that the deliveries are undertaken in accordance with noise mitigation measures set out in the Environmental Noise Assessment.”

“Winkfield Parish Council object to the application on the grounds of unacceptable impact on the surrounding residential areas.”

“The proposals are unlikely to result in significant adverse noise impact and there is no objection to the proposed extension of Sunday delivery hours.”

“One letter of representation has been received raising concerns in relation to noise nuisance. This states that residents in Whitton Road are already disturbed by delivery lorries and on quiet Sunday mornings this will be exacerbated.”

“The Committee identified noise as the primary issue. Whilst a Noise Impact Assessment had been submitted members were not satisfied that the assessment robustly demonstrated that the proposal would not have an unacceptable impact on neighbouring residents.”

“Vehicle reversing alarms were considered likely to be: • Clearly audible above background noise; • Have tonal, impulsive and intermittent characteristics warranting corrections for all 3 factors • Only minimal corrections had been applied.”

“It has not been satisfactorily demonstrated that the extension to the delivery hours will not have an adverse impact on the amenity of adjoining residential properties. The submitted Noise Impact Assessment fails to apply appropriate characteristic corrections in accordance with BS4142 and associated industry guidance. As such, the proposal is contrary to Policy LP 58 Pollution and Hazards of the Bracknell Forest Local Plan (2024), para.”

“It has not been satisfactorily demonstrated that the extension to the delivery hours will not have an adverse impact on the amenity of adjoining residential properties. The submitted Noise Impact Assessment fails to apply appropriate characteristic…”