®Planning appeal decision
Land West of Sand's Lane, Rowde, Nr Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 2QW
outline planning application for up to 50 dwellings, new community building and associated car park, public open space and associated infrastructure with all matters reserved for future consideration except for access
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Doherty A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, having particular regard to the spatial strategy in the development plan and the accessibility of services and facilities
- the effect of the proposed development on landscape character and the character and appearance of the area
- whether or not the proposed development would make adequate provision for necessary on-site and off-site infrastructure
What decided it
The proposed development would conflict with the development plan taken as a whole and with key Framework policies on sustainable locations and design quality, and the significant harms identified would demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefit of housing provision in a context of housing land supply shortfall.
The moderate weight given to housing delivery and the Council's shortfall in housing land supply was outweighed by the very significant weight given to the combined harms of unsustainable location and poor accessibility, irreversible harm to character and appearance, and conflict with multiple development plan and Framework policies, resulting in the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 12, 21, 58, 61, 110, 129, 131, 135, 232
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 3, Core Policy 12, Core Policy 57, Core Policy 60, Core Policy 61
Judgments cited: NRS Saredon Aggregates Ltd v Worcestershire CC [2023] EWHC 2795
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