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Notice varied and upheld9 April 20243306520

Land Adjacent to Old Park Farm, Vastern, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4 7PB

Planning appeal 3306520 at Land Adjacent to Old Park Farm, Vastern, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4 7PB (Wiltshire Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 9 April 2024 by Inspector Graham J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issues are the location of the development, its effect on the character and appearance of the area, and its implications for highway safety.

Material change of use of the land from agriculture to a mixed use for the storage of skips, containers, bins and miscellaneous items, together with associated works including hardstanding, fencing and gates

Authority
Wiltshire Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Graham J
Postcode
SN4 7PB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issues are the location of the development, its effect on the character and appearance of the area, and its implications for highway safety.

What decided it

The proposal's location outside the settlement boundary and conflict with the Development Plan's spatial strategy, compounded by harm to rural character, outweighed the acceptability of highway safety and the difficulty of finding an alternative site.

the conflict with the Development Plan taken as a whole and the harm to rural character outweighed the limited weight attributable to the difficulty of finding an alternative site and the acceptable highway safety position, so the balance tipped against granting planning permission

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 34Core Policy 51Core Policy 57Core Policy 60Core Policy 61Policy BD5Policy BD7Policy 8
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 88Paragraph 89
Judgments
Murfitt v SSE [1980] JPL 598; Somak Travel v SSE [1987] JPL 630; Bowring v SSCLG & Waltham Forest LBC [2013] EWHC 1115 (Admin)

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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