®Planning appeal decision
Land to the North of Bath Road, Pickwick, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0BT
the construction of an 80-bedroom care home (Use Class C2), with associated access, parking, landscaping, and site infrastructure. This
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- community-institutional · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Wilson J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would preserve the character or appearance of the Pickwick Conservation Area (PCA)
- Whether the proposed development would preserve the setting of the PCA
- Whether the proposed development would preserve the settings of adjacent listed buildings
- if harm is identified to heritage assets, whether any such harm would be outweighed by public benefits arising from the proposal
What decided it
The significant and less-than-substantial harm to the character and setting of the Pickwick Conservation Area and to the setting of adjacent listed buildings was not outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme.
The public benefits of the proposal, including provision of specialist elderly accommodation, economic benefits and heritage/landscape improvements, were found not to outweigh the significant and less-than-substantial harms to the Pickwick Conservation Area, its setting and the settings of adjacent listed buildings, which were given substantial or great weight.
Framework references: 11, 125, 174, 199, 200, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy CP1, Policy CP2, Policy CP11, Policy CP46, Policy CP57, Policy CP58, Policy HED1, Policy ED1, Policy E3
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.