Heleigh Cottage, Bath road, Middle Hill, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 8QB

the “replacement and alteration of existing extensions to the main house, internal renovations, addition of an air source heat pump and photovoltaic panels, together with driveway and landscape enhancement works. (Resubmission - PL/2024/07238)”

Authority: Wiltshire Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Hughes S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
the effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area
the effect of the development upon protected bat species

What decided it

The proposed extensions, whilst doubling the volume of the original building, would appear proportionate and subservient through their design, materials and siting, and would therefore not constitute disproportionate additions to the original building in the Green Belt.

Framework references: 154, 156

Plan policies cited: Core Policy 57, Core Policy 50

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