Poles Farm, Swallowcliffe, Salisbury, SP3 5NX

Planning appeal 6006895 at Poles Farm, Swallowcliffe, Salisbury, SP3 5NX (Wiltshire) was allowed on 23 June 2026 by Inspector S Harrington, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is a suitable location for the proposal, having regard to the local development strategy, and its effect on the character and appearance of the area including the Swallowcliffe Conservation Area and Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.

change of use of land from agriculture to residential (Use Class C3), the demolition of existing barns (one of which is retrospective) and the erection of a residential dwelling, a detached car port and store, and a bin store, and associated works

Authority: Wiltshire
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Inspector: S Harrington
Postcode: SP3 5NX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site is a suitable location for the proposal, having regard to the local development strategy, and its effect on the character and appearance of the area including the Swallowcliffe Conservation Area and Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

What decided it

The proposal constitutes acceptable infill development within the village that accords with the development plan strategy for small villages, and its traditional design would enhance rather than harm the conservation area and national landscape character.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: WCS Core Policy 2Core Policy 51Core Policy 57Core Policy 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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

3 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in Wiltshire

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

Allowed29 October 20266013838
Durrington Library, Bulford Road, Durrington, SP4 8EU
Allowed21 October 20266009637
The Stables, Doctors Hill, Corsham, SN13 8AT
Allowed30 September 20266007924
Beehive Cottage, Portway, Salisbury, SP4 6BL
Dismissed30 September 20266007352
Land to the East of New Road, Melksham, SN12 7QZ
Notice upheld28 July 20263357040
The Banks , Lyneham , Wiltshire, SN15 4NT

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.