®Planning appeal decision
BULLEN HILL FARM, ASHTON COMMON, STEEPLE ASHTON, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 6DY
Conversion and extension of an existing residential building to form two dwellings and erection of Garage Building
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Conde L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is in a suitable location for housing development, with specific regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to facilities and services, and if harm arises, whether this is outweighed by other considerations
What decided it
The site's poor location relative to the Council's spatial strategy and its lack of sustainable access to facilities and services, combined with the modest benefits of the proposal, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
the modest social and economic benefits of providing one additional dwelling were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm arising from conflict with the spatial strategy and sustainable travel policies, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
Framework references: 80, 73, 11
Plan policies cited: Core Policy CP1, Core Strategy Policy CP2, Core Strategy Policies CP60, Core Strategy Policies CP61
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL, 1982, P37]
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.