®Planning appeal decision
1 Church Street, Little Bedwyn, Marlborough, SN8 3JQ
Planning appeal 3303199 at 1 Church Street, Little Bedwyn, Marlborough, SN8 3JQ (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 31 March 2023 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing with regard to development plan policies and the accessibility to services and facilities.
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
- Postcode
- SN8 3JQ
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 18Core Policy 48Core Policy 60Core Policy 61Core Policy 64
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 105Paragraph 79Paragraph 111Paragraph 11
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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