®Planning appeal decision
1 Church Street, Little Bedwyn, MARLBOROUGH, SN8 3JQ
for the change of use of the garage into 1 no. residential dwelling with associated access, parking, landscaping and private amenity space
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Howell M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing with regard to development plan policies and the accessibility to services and facilities
- The effect of the proposed development on parking provision and highway safety
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d), which was a material consideration of sufficient weight to outweigh the conflict with the development plan.
The limited conflict with strategic housing policies and modest conflict with accessibility policies were outweighed by the moderate weight afforded to the provision of a new dwelling contributing to housing supply in an undersupplied area and the social and economic benefits of conversion works and local spending, with the presumption in favour of sustainable development applying due to the lack of a five-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 105, 79, 111, 11
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 18, Core Policy 48, Core Policy 60, Core Policy 61, Core Policy 64
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.