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Planning permission granted25 June 20213218851

Bushton Road , Hilmarton, Calne, SN11 8TA

Planning appeal 3218851 at Bushton Road , Hilmarton, Calne, SN11 8TA (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 25 June 2021 by Inspector Dignan P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site location is acceptable in terms of safe and convenient access and access to services and facilities.

Change of use of land to use as a residential caravan site for one gypsy family with 5 caravans, including no more than one static caravan/mobile home, together with laying of hardstanding, improvement of access and, erection of ancillary amenity building. Appeal B: APP/Y3940/C/18/3218851 Land west of Bushton Road, Hilmarton, Calne, SN11 8TA

Authority
Wiltshire Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Dignan P
Postcode
SN11 8TA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site location is acceptable in terms of safe and convenient access and access to services and facilities
  • the effect on landscape character and the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

the proposal accorded with the locational and landscape criteria of CS Policies CP47 and CP51, and this accordance with the development plan, combined with the substantial unmet need for traveller pitches, outweighed the harm attached to the intentional unauthorised development.

the weight attached to the intentional unauthorised development was not sufficient to displace the presumption in favour of approving development that accords with the development plan, particularly given the substantial unmet need for traveller sites in Wiltshire.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS Policy CP1CS Policy CP2CS Policy CP47CS Policy CP51

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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