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Allowed2 June 20253360013

Charlie's Place, Land off Sodom Lane, Grittenham, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN15 4JY

Planning appeal 3360013 at Charlie's Place, Land off Sodom Lane, Grittenham, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN15 4JY (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 2 June 2025 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is suitable for the proposal, bearing in mind the accessibility of services and facilities.

change of use of land to provide a Gypsy site, consisting of four pitches and associated hardstanding, landscaping and a commercial barn

Authority
Wiltshire Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Davies N
Postcode
SN15 4JY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site is suitable for the proposal, bearing in mind the accessibility of services and facilities
  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable traveller sites, combined with the substantial and long-term unmet need for pitches and the limited nature of the landscape harm, tipped the balance in favour of the development under the tilted balance test.

The harm to the character and appearance of the landscape, which would be localised and mitigated in time, was outweighed by the substantial benefit of addressing part of the considerable unmet need for pitches in the context of the Council's failure to allocate sites, applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development under Framework paragraph 11(d)(ii).

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP47Policy CP60Policy CP61Policy CP47(vi)Policy CP51Policy CP57
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 131Paragraph 187

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