®Planning appeal decision
Land to the west of Semington Road, Melksham, SN12 6EF
an outline planning permission for up to 53 dwellings including formation of access and associated works, with all other matters reserved
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hendley D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be in a suitable location for housing, with regard to development plan policy and national planning policy
- housing land supply matters, in terms of the deliverability of sites and affordable housing provision
- if harm arises, whether this would be outweighed by the benefits of the proposal
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 4-year housing land supply engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development, and the very significant benefits (including 100% affordable housing) were found not to be significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the identified harms.
very significant weight attributed to housing land supply, affordable housing, and economic/social/environmental benefits outweighed the significant weight given to conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and the limited harms to BMV land and landscape character, under paragraph 11(d)(ii), paragraph 14 and a flat balancing exercise alike
Framework references: 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 47, 57, 77, 180, 226
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 3, Core Policy 15, Core Policy 43, Policy 6, Policy 1
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.