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Search the Public Notice PortalA SUPERMARKET giant is appealing against Colchester Council after it denied plans for 4am deliveries saying it would have a “detrimental impact” on residents.
Marks and Spencer, in Stane Retail Park, Stanway, applied for permission to alter its current delivery times of 6am to 10pm for units A1 to A6, B and D inside the retail park.
The application was submitted in September last year and aimed to change the delivery times to start at 4am, Monday to Saturday.
Colchester Council rejected the plans in October, citing the national planning policy framework (NPPF), local plan policies and how it would affect nearby residents.
It said: “The associated delivery/service road and service yard that would be used for deliveries is in close proximity to neighbouring residential properties.
“The proposed earlier delivery times are considered to result in noise and disturbance at a time when these nearby residents would likely be sleeping and noise disturbance is more readily felt.
“The activity of delivery vehicles using the service/delivery road and service yard at particularly early hours of the morning would cause regular disturbance to nearby residents, thereby having a detrimental impact on residential amenity.
“This is considered to be the case even with a delivery plan in place.”
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Marks and Spencer submitted an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate last week.
The supermarket argues its delivery drivers will follow certain procedures to help minimise the potential of extra noise in the early mornings.
Ten minutes prior to arriving at Stane Retail Park, drivers will have to call the store and request the gate is open ahead of arrival, so they can “coast at low engine revs along the access road without stopping."
Once in the store’s service yard, all vehicle engines will be turned off when the goods are unloaded at the store.
Deliveries shall only be via the dedicated delivery bays and there will be no more than one delivery accepted at a time, no shouting will be allowed, so voices are kept at a minimum.
If a vehicle needs to reverse, the vehicles are “fitted with white noise reversing alarms”, the appeal document also said.
Alongside the appeal document, Clive Frederick Bentley, an acoustic consultant and partner at Sharps Acoustics LLP (SAL), shared his views after assessing the potential noise impact of extending delivery hours at Marks and Spencer.
He said: “SAL have considered noise from both the arrival of deliveries and the activities within the service yard due to deliveries in accordance with the relevant standard (BS4142) and have now also considered maximum noise levels from the same, as requested by the council.
“With the delivery and servicing management plan set out in our report of August 2025, there would be no adverse effects due to noise as a result of the proposed additional hours.”
The Planning Inspectorate is yet to make a decision.
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