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Allowed22 November 20213253204

Land At Green Farm, Chippenham Road, Lyneham, North Wiltshire, SN15 4PA

Planning appeal 3253204 at Land At Green Farm, Chippenham Road, Lyneham, North Wiltshire, SN15 4PA (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 22 November 2021 by Inspector Major P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed site is in a suitable location for the development proposed in the light of development plan policy.

demolition of agricultural buildings and the erection of up to 200 dwellings, up to 2600m2 of B1 Business and up to 600m2 of D1 community uses as well as public open space, landscaping and sustainable drainage system (SuDS) and vehicular access point from Chippenham Road

Authority
Wiltshire Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Major P
Postcode
SN15 4PA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed site is in a suitable location for the development proposed in the light of development plan policy
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the locality
  • Whether any adverse impact of the proposal significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the proposal – the planning balance

What decided it

The substantial weight afforded to housing delivery in the context of a significant shortfall in five-year housing land supply, combined with the site's low landscape sensitivity and acceptable location, outweighed the conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy.

The substantial benefits of market and affordable housing delivery, together with employment and community facilities, outweighed the limited harms of conflict with the spatial strategy and limited landscape harm, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the NPPF taken as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 19Policy H4Core Policy 34Core Policy 48Core Policy 51Core Policy 52
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 54Paragraph 55Paragraph 102Paragraph 103Paragraph 104Paragraph 105Paragraph 106Paragraph 127Paragraph 130Paragraph 170Paragraph 174Paragraph 7Paragraph 8Paragraph 9

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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