The Spinney, Tidworth Road, Boscombe, Wiltshire, SP4 0AB

Planning appeal 3366871 at The Spinney, Tidworth Road, Boscombe, Wiltshire, SP4 0AB (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 25 September 2025 by Inspector Nicholls H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development.

erection of 1 no. self-build dwelling

Authority: Wiltshire Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Nicholls H
Postcode: SP4 0AB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development

What decided it

The inability to robustly secure nutrient mitigation to avoid adverse effects on the integrity of the River Avon Special Area of Conservation at the permission in principle stage, which disengages the tilted balance and makes the development plan conflict determinative.

The modest housing benefits and economic boost were outweighed by the less than substantial heritage harms and the unmitigated adverse effects on the River Avon SAC, with the latter disengaging the tilted balance and making the development plan conflict decisive.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 1Policy 2Policy 4Policy 50Policy 58Policy 60Policy 61
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 57

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