®Planning appeal decision
Bullen Hill Farm, Ashton Common, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, BA14 6DY
Planning appeal 3315001 at Bullen Hill Farm, Ashton Common, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, BA14 6DY (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 3 July 2023 by Inspector Conde L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- BA14 6DY
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy CP1Core Strategy Policy CP2Core Strategy Policies CP60Core Strategy Policies CP61
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80Paragraph 73Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL, 1982, P37]
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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