Westcross Henley Lane, Box, CORSHAM, SN13 8DB

Erection of a two-storey side extension, replacement of existing windows and over cladding the rear of the existing property

Authority: Wiltshire Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Cuthbert L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether the proposed development would conserve or enhance the natural beauty of the landscape within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal's disproportionate scale relative to the original building, combined with its harmful impact on Green Belt openness and failure to conserve or enhance the natural beauty of the Cotswolds AONB, could not be justified by the moderate benefits claimed, as the very special circumstances required by paragraph 148 of the Framework were not demonstrated.

Framework references: 137, 148, 149, 150, 176

Plan policies cited: Core Policy 51, Core Policy 57

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