®Planning appeal decision
Drynham Lane, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14
Planning appeal 3295577 at Drynham Lane, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 20 September 2022 by Inspector Singleton P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is consistent with the Ashton Park Urban Extension strategic site allocation in the Wiltshire Core Strategy (CS) and the effect on the delivery of the strategic site and its movement strategy.
provision for 91 dwellings, ecological mitigation and associated infrastructure including roads/footpaths, bridge, cycleway, garages and sub - station
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Singleton P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is consistent with the Ashton Park Urban Extension strategic site allocation in the Wiltshire Core Strategy (CS) and the effect on the delivery of the strategic site and its movement strategy.
- The suitability of the proposed access route for construction and development traffic and the effect on the character and amenity of the Southview Park residential area and the safety of all road users.
- The broad extent of the shortfall in the Council's 5 year housing land supply.
What decided it
The combination of unacceptable harm to highway safety from using the Southview Park road network for construction and development access, together with the failure to bring the site forward through the required masterplanning process for the Ashton Park strategic allocation, decisively outweighed the housing and economic benefits.
The very substantial harm to highway safety and the conflict with the development plan (CP2, CP29, CP57, CP61, CP3) significantly and demonstrably outweighed the very significant weight given to housing delivery and moderate weight given to economic benefits, so the tilted balance did not operate in favour of the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CP1CP2CP3CP29CP57CP61
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 60Paragraph 110Paragraph 111Paragraph 126
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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