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Allowed10 September 20213236860

Land North of St George's Road, Semington, Wiltshire, BA14 6JN

Planning appeal 3236860 at Land North of St George's Road, Semington, Wiltshire, BA14 6JN (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 10 September 2021 by Inspector Wyborn D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development plan would support the proposed residential development in this location.

a residential development of up to 26 dwellings (of which 50% would be affordable) with associated car parking, access, internal roads, public open space (including retention of the existing WWII Pill Box), landscaping, drainage and other associated infrastructure

Authority
Wiltshire Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Wyborn D
Postcode
BA14 6JN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the development plan would support the proposed residential development in this location
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, combined with the substantial benefits of housing delivery and 50% affordable housing provision, outweighed the development plan conflicts and moderate additional landscape harm when assessed against the tilted balance in NPPF paragraph 11d.

The conflict with development plan settlement policies (limited weight) and moderate additional landscape harm (substantial weight, but reduced by fallback position) were outweighed by substantial weight given to housing delivery, substantial weight to 50% affordable housing provision, and significant weight to economic and social benefits, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied and the appeal succeeded.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 15Core Policy 43Core Policy 51Core Policy 52Core Policy 57Policy LP4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 72Paragraph 81

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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