®Planning appeal decision
Land at Pavenhill, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4DA
Planning appeal 3353055 at Land at Pavenhill, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4DA (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 11 April 2025 by Inspector Robinson N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is in a suitable location for housing, with regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities.
demolition of 1 existing dwelling and erection of 25 market and affordable dwellings, with associated access works, car parking, public open space and landscaping
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Robinson N
- Postcode
- SN5 4DA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is in a suitable location for housing, with regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities
- whether the proposal makes appropriate provision for infrastructure
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, combined with the meaningful contribution of 25 dwellings (including 10 affordable homes) and the site's reasonable relationship to the settlement, meant the benefits substantially outweighed the limited harm identified, triggering the tilted balance in favour of permission.
The conflict with spatial strategy policies was afforded limited weight given the site's immediate adjacency to and good relationship with the settlement; the significant weight given to the delivery of 25 dwellings (24 net) and 10 affordable homes in the context of a housing land supply shortfall, together with economic and local service benefits, substantially outweighed the limited harm identified, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 3Core Policy 19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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