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Notice upheld1 September 20233295441

Farm Buildings at Eastrop Farm, Shrivenham Road, Highworth, Swindon, SN6 7QQ

Planning appeal 3295441 at Farm Buildings at Eastrop Farm, Shrivenham Road, Highworth, Swindon, SN6 7QQ (Swindon Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 September 2023 by Inspector Hocking P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is in a suitable location for residential uses, having particular regard to local and national planning policy.

Change of use of agricultural buildings to provide 3no. dwellings, requiring full re-building of building 1, partial rebuilding of buildings 2 & 3, consolidation works to the granary, restoration of derelict farm workers cottages to provide 2no. dwellings, together with associated access works, parking and landscaping

Authority
Swindon Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hocking P
Postcode
SN6 7QQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site is in a suitable location for residential uses, having particular regard to local and national planning policy
  • the effect of the developments on the character and appearance of the area, including non-designated heritage assets

What decided it

The moderate weight attributed to the housing land supply shortfall and an extant fallback permission for 5 dwellings, combined with a neutral heritage impact, outweighed the moderate locational harm in Appeal B, while the unresolved significant heritage harm from the incomplete buildings meant Appeal A could not succeed.

For Appeal B, the moderate harm from an unsuitable location was outweighed by the neutral heritage impact and moderate weight given to the fallback permission and housing supply shortfall, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits; for Appeal A, the significant heritage harm from the incomplete buildings was not outweighed by any benefit.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SD1Policy SD2Policy 3 (HNP)Policy SD3Policy DE1Policy EN10Policy HA7
Judgments
Sage v SSETR & Maidstone BC [2003] UKHL 22

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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