®Planning appeal decision
Snowflakes Rectory Road, Alderbury, SALISBURY, SP5 3AD
demolition of domestic outbuildings and erection of two chalets to the rear of the bungalow ‘Snowflakes’, and associated parking, and hard and soft landscaping
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Blackwell J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- flood risk
- the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers
What decided it
The failure to adequately apply the sequential test for flood risk, combined with the harmful impact on character and appearance through the introduction of an isolated tandem development that would jar with the prevailing linear pattern, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing benefit.
The modest contribution to housing stock was outweighed by the significant harms to character and appearance and the inadequate addressing of flood risk; the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the scheme's benefits.
Framework references: 11, 130, 159, 161, 162, 219
Plan policies cited: Policy CP51, Policy CP57, Policy CP67, Policy C6
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.