®Planning appeal decision
Land at Euridge Manor Farm, Euridge, Colerne, Wiltshire, SN14 8BJ
described in the application form as the ‘use of land and buildings for events, retention of caravan as accommodation for event guests, formation of new access track for agricultural and events use, formation of new passing place, together with associated landscaping – part retrospective’. Summary
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moss J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the location of the development is acceptable, having regard to the relevant policies and guidance on the matter of its location
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of nearby residents
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, having regard to its location within the Cotswold National Landscape
- The effect of the development on highway safety on the surrounding highway network, having regard to the traffic generated by the development
- Whether or not the development causes detriment to highway safety, having regard to the suitability of the access to the site from the highway
What decided it
Whether the noise, traffic and landscape/ecology effects of the events use could be adequately mitigated by conditions (including a revised noise management plan and access track) so as to render the development acceptable and in accordance with the development plan.
The substantial economic benefits of the development and the finding that its adverse effects on living conditions, character/appearance, highway safety and ecology could be adequately mitigated by conditions led to the conclusion that the development accorded with the development plan, with no material considerations indicating a different determination.
Framework references: 11, 116, 187, 190, 198
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 20, Core Policy 39, Core Policy 40, Core Policy 48, Core Policy 50, Core Policy 51, Core Policy 57, Core Policy 61, Policy EB1, Policy NE1, Policy NE2, Policy NE4, Policy NE12, Policy NE14
Judgments cited: Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keen Baldwin's Iron and Steel Co Ltd [1949] 1QB 385; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (No.2) [2000] 2 PLR 102; Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; R (oao Developing Retail Limited) v East Hampshire Magistrates' Court [2011] EWHC 618 (Admin); LB Hillingdon Council v SoS Transport [2020] EWCA Civ 1005
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.