Planning appeal decision
Plot 6 The Poplars Residential Park, Poplar Tree Lane, Southwick, Wiltshire, BA14 9NB
Planning appeal 3229843 at Plot 6 The Poplars Residential Park, Poplar Tree Lane, Southwick, Wiltshire, BA14 9NB (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 25 July 2022 by Inspector Wood T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the main issue in these appeals is the effects of the proposals on highway safety.
Use of land for stationing of caravans for residential purposes and erection of a stable (Appeals A & B); change of use of agricultural land to extend an existing Gypsy and Traveller site, including erection of two additional day rooms and entrance walls and gate, without complying with condition 2 of permission Ref APP/Y3940/W/15/3006435 (Appeal C)
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wood T
- Postcode
- BA14 9NB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the main issue in these appeals is the effects of the proposals on highway safety
What decided it
The Inspector found that the additional vehicle and pedestrian movements generated by the proposals would not give rise to any unacceptable effect on highway safety at the Poplar Tree Lane/Frome Road junction.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 47
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 111
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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