Part of Boomerang Stables, Crooked Soley, Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, RG17 0TL

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

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.

Framework references: 11, 48, 77, 84, 226

Plan policies cited: CP1, CP2, CP14, CP48, CP60, CP61

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