Snowflakes Rectory Road, Alderbury, Salisbury, SP5 3AD

Planning appeal 3298746 at Snowflakes Rectory Road, Alderbury, Salisbury, SP5 3AD (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 29 March 2023 by Inspector Blackwell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.

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
Postcode: SP5 3AD

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CP51Policy CP57Policy CP67Policy C6
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 130Paragraph 159Paragraph 161Paragraph 162Paragraph 219

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