Planning appeal decision
Land at Nursery Farm, Stock Lane, Landford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 2ER
Planning appeal 3308665 at Land at Nursery Farm, Stock Lane, Landford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 2ER (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 23 February 2024 by Inspector Davies H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for the development.
Material change of use of land from agriculture and lawful storage use of barn (up to 150 sq metres) to mixed use of agriculture and lawful storage of barn (up to 150 sq metres) and siting of container units for storage purposes
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davies H
- Postcode
- SP5 2ER
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is a suitable location for the development
- The effect of the development on the safety of vehicular traffic and other road users, including pedestrians and cyclists, on the surrounding roads
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area
What decided it
The site's unsustainable location in isolated open countryside and the unacceptable highway safety impacts from regular HGV movements on inadequate narrow rural roads were fatal to the appeal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 23Core Policy 34Core Policy 51Core Policy 57Core Policy 60Core Policy 61Core Policy 62
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 115Paragraph 180
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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