®Planning appeal decision
1 Queens Road, Royal Wootton Bassett, SWINDON, SN4 8AH
the demolition of garage to construct 2 no. dwellings on land to the side and rear and alterations to the existing house
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- De Freitas Terceiro P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether or not acceptable living conditions would be created for future occupiers with particular regard to privacy
What decided it
The proposal's failure to respect local character and provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, combined with poor design integration, means the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing supply benefits under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework.
The benefits of housing delivery and economic boost were outweighed by the significant adverse impacts on character and appearance and the failure to provide acceptable living conditions, assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 57 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy 2015, Policy 7 of the Royal Wootton Basset Neighbourhood Plan 2018
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.