Plot 3, Symmetry Park, Swindon, SN3 4DB

Planning appeal 3323873 at Plot 3, Symmetry Park, Swindon, SN3 4DB (Swindon Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 February 2024 by Inspector Wilders B, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposals on the significance of any archaeological remains on the site.

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Authority: Swindon Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Wilders B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposals on the significance of any archaeological remains on the site.
The effect of the proposal on protected species and biodiversity
The effect of the proposal on the significance of the Grade II Listed Lock Keepers Cottage
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The total loss of significance of the archaeological remains, treated as equivalent to a designated/scheduled heritage asset, was not outweighed by substantial public benefits.

the heritage, economic, social and environmental public benefits put forward were not substantial and did not outweigh the substantial harm/total loss of significance to the archaeological remains, nor the totality of harm including the likely adverse effect on protected species and biodiversity

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy EN10Policy NC3Policy EN4Policy DE1Policy EN5Policy SD1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 205Paragraph 206Paragraph 207Paragraph 209Paragraph 85Paragraph 135Paragraph 186

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