®Planning appeal decision
Land to the rear of Warren Business Park, Knockdown, Tetbury, GL8 8QY
the erection of up to 4 dwellings
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the site is suitable for residential land use, having regard to its location and its accordance with the spatial strategy of the development plan
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The significant shortfall in the area's five-year housing land supply and the substantial benefits of delivering housing on a previously-developed brownfield site within an established business park outweigh the considerable harm from conflict with the spatial strategy of the development plan.
The considerable adverse impacts associated with the proposal's location outside the development boundary and conflict with Wiltshire Core Strategy policies were outweighed by the substantial benefits of housing delivery on a brownfield site and the area's significant shortfall in five-year housing land supply, applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii).
Framework references: 11, 73, 78, 110, 125
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 13, Core Policy 57, Core Policy 60, Core Policy 61, Saved Policy H4
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.