®Planning appeal decision
Land At Foxbridge Village North, Wanborough Road, Swindon, SN6 7
Planning appeal 3298100 at Land At Foxbridge Village North, Wanborough Road, Swindon, SN6 7 (Swindon Borough Council) was allowed on 10 November 2022 by Inspector Sims B, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal proposal makes sufficient and appropriate provision for education facilities, in terms of whether the primary school would be necessary in practice.
the erection of up to 220 dwellings, commercial facilities up to 300sqm (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1 and D1) and a primary school (on a site of 2.2ha) with associated parking, landscaping, drainage and heritage trail; access to Southern Connector Road not reserved
- Authority
- Swindon Borough Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Sims B
- Postcode
- SN4 0AB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal proposal makes sufficient and appropriate provision for education facilities, in terms of whether the primary school would be necessary in practice
- whether, with respect to viability, the proposal makes sufficient and appropriate provision for affordable housing
- whether, with respect to viability, the proposal makes sufficient and appropriate provision for the infrastructure required to support the development and mitigate its impacts
- the effect the proposed development would have on the historic environment, with respect to the settings of designated and non-designated heritage assets
What decided it
Applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d) following the Council's 4.6-year housing land supply, the identified benefits of the scheme outweighed the low to moderate less-than-substantial heritage harm and other policy conflicts.
the benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing, infrastructure contributions, biodiversity net gain and heritage enhancement outweighed the policy conflicts with Policies NC3, CM1 and EN10 and the viability shortfall in infrastructure funding, both under section 38(6) and under the NPPF paragraph 11(d) tilted balance
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy NC3Policy CM1Policy SD1Policy SD2Policy SD3Policy HA2Policy IN1Policy EN10Policy TR1Policy TR2Policy EN9Policy DE1Policy DE2Policy EN1Policy EN6Policy WSC6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 7Paragraph 8Paragraph 11Paragraph 12Paragraph 58Paragraph 68Paragraph 163Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 203
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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