Focus

Warehouse development can affect local communities – traffic, congestion, and how our area looks and feels. We’re keeping a close eye on warehouse planning applications and their impacts, making sure proposals properly address transport planning, local impacts, and community concerns, and holding developers to commitments they’ve made.

What’s next

  • Keeping track of planning applications for warehouse development
  • Making sure transport planning and local impacts are properly addressed in applications
  • Holding developers to commitments made in approved applications
  • Continuing to challenge where proposals don’t work for local communities

How to get involved

  • Report concerns about warehouse development impacts
  • Share specific issues with transport or congestion
  • Support calls for proper planning and local benefit
  • Sign up for updates on warehouse development

Updates

30 November 2025

Monitoring warehouse planning applications

Warehouse planning applications keep coming forward across the area. Independent Councillor Julian Jones raises objections on behalf of residents where proposals don’t work for local communities, highlighting concerns about transport impacts and local benefit.

For applications that are approved, we are monitoring the detailed discussions between councils and developers to make sure transport planning and local impacts are properly addressed, and holding developers accountable for commitments they’ve made.

We are tracking multiple warehouse proposals and will continue to challenge them where they don’t work for local communities.

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