Planning appeal decision
Land North of Bath Road, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0QL
Planning appeal 3210938 at Land North of Bath Road, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0QL (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 25 June 2021 by Inspector Murray J, following an inquiry.
Certificate of lawfulness (LDC) for commencement of operations under a 2015 appeal permission for up to 150 dwellings, up to 1,394sqm B1 offices, access, parking, public open space with play facilities and landscaping; and a s78 appeal against refusal to discharge details required by condition 22 of that permission
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Murray J
- Postcode
- SN13 0QL
What decided it
Gladman's concession that it was unreasonable to seek an adjournment on 14 January 2020 in response to long-standing water ingress concerns, combined with the finding that its ecology evidence on blasting could not succeed against the agreed evidential test.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Wheatcroft v SSE [1982] JPL 37; F G Whitley & Sons Co. Ltd v Secretary of State for wales & Clwyd CC [1992] WL 895744
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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