The contested site is on Wash Lane in Wenhaston, near Halesworth, where plans submitted by PJN Motor Engineering prompted objections from locals, Wenhaston and Mells Hamlet Parish Council and Suffolk County Council's Rights of Way team.

Critics argued the proposal would extend engineering activity beyond the site's established footprint and could open the door to further industrial development in the future.

One neighbour, who said they had observed the site for more than two decades, argued the application formed part of a wider pattern of........

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