®Planning appeal decision
Clackhill Yard, Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, SN15 4ES
the change of use of land to private Gypsy/Traveller site and associated works
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wyborn D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the development plan and national policy would support the proposal in this location, in particular having regard to whether or not occupants of the site would be located in or near to existing settlements within reasonable distance of a range of local services and community facilities, and whether or not the development would be served by a safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian access
- whether or not the front boundary treatment and other landscaping would be acceptable having regard to matters raised in paragraph 26 of the PPTS
What decided it
The combination of the site's compliance with the development plan's Gypsy and Traveller policy and the significant unmet pitch need, lack of a five-year supply of deliverable sites, lack of alternative sites, and policy failure to allocate sites outweighed the moderate harm from intentional unauthorised development.
The scheme's accordance with the development plan as a whole, together with significant unmet need, lack of five-year pitch supply, lack of alternative sites and policy failure (all favouring approval), outweighed the moderate weight attributed against the scheme for intentional unauthorised development.
Plan policies cited: Policy CP1, Policy CP2, Policy CP47, Policy CP19
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.