®Planning appeal decision
Land At Green Farm, Chippenham Road, Lyneham, North Wiltshire, SN15 4PA
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
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
Framework references: 11, 79, 80, 54, 55, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 127, 130, 170, 174, 7, 8, 9
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 19, Policy H4, Core Policy 34, Core Policy 48, Core Policy 51, Core Policy 52
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.