Planning appeal decision
Part of Boomerang Stables, Crooked Soley, Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, RG17 0TL
Planning appeal 3339804 at Part of Boomerang Stables, Crooked Soley, Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, RG17 0TL (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 10 December 2024 by Inspector Pickernell E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is a suitable location for dwellings having regard to development plan policies in respect of the delivery of housing and the conversion and reuse of rural buildings.
1. Re-use of former equestrian barn to create two dwellings, driveways, landscaping and related infrastructure. 2. Erect a stable block within one of the gardens comprising 10 stables, a tack room, store and hay room. Erect a barn and garage within the same curtilage. 3. Erect a garage within the other curtilage
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pickernell E
- Postcode
- RG17 0TL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for dwellings having regard to development plan policies in respect of the delivery of housing and the conversion and reuse of rural buildings
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for dwellings having regard to its proximity to services and facilities
What decided it
The appeal site is not a suitable location for dwellings because it conflicts with the spatial strategy in the development plan by being outside defined settlements without meeting the specific criteria for rural residential conversion, and it lacks adequate proximity to services and facilities, making it unsustainable.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CP1CP2CP14CP48CP60CP61
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 48Paragraph 77Paragraph 84Paragraph 226
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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