®Planning appeal decision
Former Commercial Nursery, Barters Farm, High Street, Chapmanslade, Wiltshire, BA13 4AL
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 57, 77
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 31, Core Policy 44, Core Policy 46, Core Policy 47, Core Policy 48, Core Policy 60, Core Policy 61
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.