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Dismissed22 May 20243325638

Land Adjacent to Station Road Bridge, Station Road, Christian Malford, Wilts, SN15 4BL

Planning appeal 3325638 at Land Adjacent to Station Road Bridge, Station Road, Christian Malford, Wilts, SN15 4BL (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 22 May 2024 by Inspector Bale M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is in an appropriate location for the development, with regard to development plan policies.

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 10Core Policy 44Core Policy 51Core Policy 57Core Policy 60Core Policy 61NP Policy HSP1NP Policy HP1NP Policy D1Policy NE18 of the North Wiltshire Local Plan 2011
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 226Paragraph 11

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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