®Planning appeal decision
Land North of St George's Road, Semington, Wiltshire, BA14 6JN
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 72, 81
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 15, Core Policy 43, Core Policy 51, Core Policy 52, Core Policy 57, Policy LP4
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.