Planning appeal decision
4 The Flood, Winterslow, Salisbury, SP5 1QT
Planning appeal 3289227 at 4 The Flood, Winterslow, Salisbury, SP5 1QT (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 16 August 2022 by Inspector Longmuir J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the neighbouring Middleton House with particular regard to overlooking.
the erection of a four bedroom detached house
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Longmuir J
- Postcode
- SP5 1QT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the neighbouring Middleton House with particular regard to overlooking
- the effect of the proposal on the River Test Special Area of Conservation, Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Chichester and Langstone Harbours Special Protection Area (SPA), Portsmouth Harbour SPA, Solent and Southampton Water SPA
What decided it
The failure to provide a unilateral undertaking for mitigation of nutrient impacts on protected sites, combined with the significant overlooking harm to neighbouring living conditions, rendered the proposal unacceptable.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Wiltshire Core Strategy Policy CP57Wiltshire Core Strategy Policy 50
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 124Paragraph 130Paragraph 181
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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