®Planning appeal decision
Former Commercial Nursery, Barters Farm, High Street, Chapmanslade, Wiltshire, BA13 4AL
Planning appeal 3348998 at Former Commercial Nursery, Barters Farm, High Street, Chapmanslade, Wiltshire, BA13 4AL (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 10 April 2025 by Inspector Pickernell E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing with particular regard to the development plan policies for the area.
9 dwellings, demolition, and associated works on land north of Cleyhill Gardens, Chapmanslade
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pickernell E
- Postcode
- BA13 4AL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing with particular regard to the development plan policies for the area
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to the accessibility of services and facilities
- the effect of the proposed development on the integrity of protected habitats sites
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of housing land (only 2.03 years) engaged the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, and the benefits of nine dwellings on accessible brownfield land adjacent to the settlement outweighed the conflict with the spatial strategy policies.
The conflict with Core Policies 1, 2 and 31 (spatial strategy) was outweighed by the significant benefits of delivering nine dwellings in an accessible location on brownfield land, combined with the Council's substantial shortfall in housing land supply, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 31Core Policy 44Core Policy 46Core Policy 47Core Policy 48Core Policy 60Core Policy 61
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 77
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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