®Planning appeal decision
The Mount, Upper Seagry, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 5EX
the demolition of existing outbuilding and part erection and part conversion to form 1no. dwelling; erection of attached double garage; creation of new access
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Allen M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site represents a suitable location for a dwelling having regard to local planning policies and accessibility
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The site does not constitute infill development as defined by local policy and locates a dwelling in a position with poor accessibility to services other than by private car, contrary to the spatial strategy, which harm significantly and demonstrably outweighs the limited benefits of a single dwelling even in the absence of a five-year housing supply.
The limited benefits of a single dwelling and some economic and social benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm from locating development contrary to the spatial strategy and with poor accessibility to services, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 10, Core Policy 51, Core Policy 57, SNP6, SNP5
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.