®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, SP1 1RB
Planning appeal 3359108 at Land East of Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, SP1 1RB (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 10 October 2025 by Inspector Pickernell E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is a suitable location of housing with particular regard to the development plan policies for the area.
the erection of up-to 49 dwellings, accesses from Church Road, Green Infrastructure including landscaping and children’s play, a sustainable urban drainage system and utility buildings
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Pickernell E
- Postcode
- SP1 1RB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location of housing with particular regard to the development plan policies for the area
- the effect of the proposed development on the integrity of protected species
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply rendered the relevant development plan policies out of date, engaging the presumption in favour of sustainable development, and the significant housing benefits of the scheme outweighed the policy conflict.
The conflict with development plan policies limiting development in small villages was outweighed by the significant benefits of delivering up to 49 dwellings including 40% affordable housing and associated social and economic benefits, in the context of a substantial shortfall in housing land supply, applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CP1CP2CP23CP43CP52CP62
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 58
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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