®Planning appeal decision
Land on the South-West side of Chalk Pit Cottage, Blandford Road, Coombe Bissett, Salisbury, SP5 4LH
new-build residential housing located within land comprising historical industrial use and more recently highways depot storage
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cresswell C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for the proposed development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The proposal would harm designated habitats sites (River Avon SAC and New Forest SAC/SPA/Ramsar) without certainty of mitigation at the Permission in Principle stage, and this harm could not be outweighed by housing supply benefits even under the tilted balance.
The benefits of the development in contributing to housing supply were outweighed by the significant harm to designated habitats sites, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CP50, Policy CP69, Policy CP51, Policy CP57, Policy 60, 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.