®Planning appeal decision
Trickys Paddock Brickworth Road, Whiteparish, SALISBURY, SP5 2QG
the change of use of land to use as a residential gypsy and traveller site for two pitches, each pitch accommodating two caravans, including no more than one static caravan/mobile home, and a dayroom, together with the laying of hardstanding and installation of a package sewage treatment plant
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effects on the Solent and Southampton Water Protected Sites
- the need for traveller pitches
- personal circumstances
- if harm is identified, whether this would be outweighed by other considerations that indicate permission should be granted
What decided it
The shortfall in deliverable traveller pitches and the personal circumstances of the family, including health and childcare needs and the lack of any alternative site, were found collectively to outweigh the identified harm to character and appearance.
the degree of harm to character and appearance, reducible through landscaping mitigation, was outweighed by the significant shortfall in traveller pitch provision and the personal circumstances of the family, such that the decision was taken otherwise than in accordance with the development plan
Plan policies cited: Policy CP47, Policy CP51, Policy CP57, Policy C6
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