®Planning appeal decision
51A Staverton House, Staverton , Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6NX
Demolition of existing care home with replacement building providing 9 bedrooms on lower ground floor, 9 bedrooms on ground floor and 14 bedrooms on first floor, all with auxiliary space, & together with the existing home would provide 52 bedrooms in total
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the existing occupants of 6 Littlebrook, 50b and 52 New Terrace, and 12 Smallbrook Gardens, with respect to privacy and outlook
- the effect of the proposal on the Old Vicarage, a non-designated heritage asset
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the living conditions of the occupants of 6 Littlebrook through overbearing effect on outlook and privacy from the proposed 3-storey central building, which could not be outweighed by the benefits of the care home provision and housing supply contribution.
the benefits of enhanced dementia care provision and housing land supply contribution did not outweigh the significant harm to the living conditions of 6 Littlebrook occupants and the moderate harm to the non-designated heritage asset
Framework references: 130, 203
Plan policies cited: Policy 57 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy, Core Policies 57 and 58 of the Core Strategy
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