Planning appeal decision
8 The Orchard, Urchfont, Urchfont, Wiltshire, SN10 4QX
Planning appeal 3358152 at 8 The Orchard, Urchfont, Urchfont, Wiltshire, SN10 4QX (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 15 May 2025 by Inspector Jones GP, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character of the surrounding area and the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular reference to additional activity, noise and disturbance.
the use of existing garden building as a domestic annexe without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 20/08600/FUL, dated 10 December 2020
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones GP
- Postcode
- SN10 4QX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the character of the surrounding area and the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular reference to additional activity, noise and disturbance
What decided it
The proposed flexible use of the annexe for short-term residential lets would likely result in harm to neighbouring residents' living conditions through noise and disturbance, and no effective planning condition could overcome this conflict with Core Policy 57.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 57 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy
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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