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Allowed24 May 20233312268

Land off Coate Road, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3LU

Planning appeal 3312268 at Land off Coate Road, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3LU (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 24 May 2023 by Inspector McGlone A, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development accords with the spatial strategy of the development plan.

residential development (up to 200 dwellings), a local centre of 0.3ha (0.75 acres) (comprising commercial business and service uses (Use Class E), drinking establishment and hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) with a GIA limit of 1,000 sqm of which no more than 725 sqm (GIA) shall be used for retail (Class E(a)). No single retail (Class E(a)) unit shall comprise of more than 325 sqm (GIA)). Associated works, infrastructure, ancillary facilities, open space and landscaping. Vehicular access from Windsor Drive with the western end of Coate Road re-aligned to form the minor arm of a junction with the site access road

Authority
Wiltshire Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
McGlone A
Postcode
SN10 3LU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development accords with the spatial strategy of the development plan
  • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including the countryside
  • whether the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing, open space/play area, education, waste and recycling, sport and leisure and highway works and highway and access improvements

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply rendered the key spatial strategy policies out-of-date, triggering the tilted balance which the substantial housing and other benefits outweighed against only minor/limited identified harms.

The substantial weight given to boosting housing supply and affordable housing delivery, together with significant weight to canal towpath improvements and moderate weight to economic and biodiversity benefits, outweighed the minor harm from conflict with the spatial strategy and the limited landscape harm, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under the tilted balance.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS Core Policy 1CS Core Policy 2CS Core Policy 12NP Policy H1CS Core Policy 51CS Core Policy 52CS Core Policy 57NP Policy ESD1CS Core Policy 3CS Core Policy 55CS Core Policy 60CS Core Policy 61CS Core Policy 62CS Core Policy 63NP Policy E1NP Policy H2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 74Paragraph 176Paragraph 134Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 55

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