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Notice varied and upheld8 August 20223261411

Hangars L6 & L7, White Horse Road, Wroughton Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 0QZ

Planning appeal 3261411 at Hangars L6 & L7, White Horse Road, Wroughton Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 0QZ (Swindon Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 August 2022 by Inspector Dignan P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location is suitable for the development, having regard to local and national planning policies.

Without planning permission the construction of: 1) a two storey modular office building as marked 'two storey office block' on the plan at Appendix 2 2) an extension to an existing hangar building L6 as marked 'extension to Hanger L6' on plan at Appendix 2 3) a vehicle weighbridge and ancillary ramp as marked as marked as 'vehicle weighbridge' on the plan at Appendix 2 4) a HGV fuelling area and the ancillary slot drain and fuel/oil separator as marked 'Refuelling area' on the plan at Appendix 2 5) a three brush automated vehicle washing unit and water tank, marked as 'vehicle wash down area' on the plan at Appendix 2 6) areas of hardstanding as marked 'hardstanding' on the plan at Appendix 2 7) areas laid to loose aggregate stone as detailed ‘aggregate stone’ on the plan at Appendix 2

Authority
Swindon Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector
Dignan P
Postcode
SN4 0QZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the location is suitable for the development, having regard to local and national planning policies
  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
  • Whether there are likely to be adverse impacts on highway safety and functioning

What decided it

The combined harm to the AONB's landscape character and tranquillity and to highway safety on the surrounding rural road network and byway outweighed the economic and land re-use benefits, resulting in conflict with the development plan as a whole.

The economic benefits and re-use of previously developed land were outweighed by the harm to the AONB's character and tranquillity and to highway safety, so the development conflicted with the development plan as a whole and permission was refused.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SD2Policy EC4Policy TR2Policy EN5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 85
Judgments
Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keen Baldwin Iron and Steel Co Ltd [1949] 1 KB 385; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (No.2) [2000] EWCA Civ 5569

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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