®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Station Road Bridge, Station Road, Christian Malford, Wilts, SN15 4BL
the erection of up to 6 affordable housing units
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bale M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is in an appropriate location for the development, with regard to development plan policies
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether appropriate living conditions can be provided for future occupants, with particular regard to noise and vibration
- The effect on highway safety, with particular regard to pedestrian and cycle accessibility
What decided it
The site's visual disconnection from the settlement boundary and lack of identified genuine local housing need for the proposed affordable housing, combined with harmful living conditions from noise, brought the proposal into conflict with the development plan as a whole.
The benefits of housing supply and ecological enhancement were outweighed by the harm to settlement character, living conditions, and conflict with development plan policies on location and affordable housing need.
Framework references: 226, 11
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 10, Core Policy 44, Core Policy 51, Core Policy 57, Core Policy 60, Core Policy 61, NP Policy HSP1, NP Policy HP1, NP Policy D1, Policy NE18 of the North Wiltshire Local Plan 2011
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.