The plans were backed by Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell
Expansion plans at an outdoor karting circuit, backed by former Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell, have been approved – but only if they don’t stand out like a lighthouse.
A new workshop, reception area, and visitor and race control facilities will be built in a new building next to the 750m outdoor racing track at the Dunkeswell Aerodrome.
However, Kay Smith, Clerk to Dunkeswell Parish Council, recommended that the plans be refused. Addressing the committee, she said that the proposal would increase light pollution and make the building more prominent.
Chris Rose, the council’s planning officer, said that such a condition could technically be put in place, but it would have a large cost implication on the build. He instead said that if it was the difference between refusal and approval, a condition requiring details of a scheme to minimise light pollution from the proposed windows to be submitted to and approved in writing by planners in order to minimise the impact from light pollution on the AONB.
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