®Planning appeal decision
Land at Sandleaze Farm, Worton, SN10 5RZ
outline planning application for up to 26 dwellings and associated infrastructure with all matters reserved for future consideration except for access
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Longmuir J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location is acceptable for the proposal of up to 26 dwellings having regard to the relevant Development Plan policies relating to the location of housing development
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, which triggered the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, and the significant contribution the proposal would make to housing delivery, including affordable housing, outweighed the limited conflicts with the Development Plan.
The adverse impacts of the proposal, comprising conflicts with Core Policies favouring larger settlements and the settlement boundary, and some car dependency, were outweighed by the significant benefits of housing delivery (26 dwellings including 8 affordable), economic benefits from construction, social benefits including skills training and support for local services, and environmental benefits from landscaping and biodiversity enhancement, assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 79, 8, 57, 56, 111
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 12, Core Policy 60, Core Policy 61, Core Policy 51, Core Policy 57, Core Policy 43, Core Policy HC34, Core Policy 3
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.