Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed22 October 20266011229

41 Thornhill Road, Warminster, BA12 8EF

Planning appeal 6011229 at 41 Thornhill Road, Warminster, BA12 8EF (Wiltshire) was dismissed on 22 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

a new dwelling with integral garage and access

Authority
Wiltshire
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Postcode
BA12 8EF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • whether it would amount to overdevelopment of the plot, having regard to plot coverage and outdoor amenity space for future occupiers
  • the living conditions of future occupiers in respect of outdoor amenity space

What decided it

The significant harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the two-storey form and engineering works at the point where the lane's rural character begins, which Policy DP3(3) directs should be refused unless clear justification exists, and which the benefits of a single additional dwelling do not provide.

applying Policy S4, the substantial weight given to housing delivery and the contribution to meeting housing need where the Council cannot demonstrate a five-year supply were substantially outweighed by the significant harm to the character and appearance of the area.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Core Policy 57 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy 2015Core Policies 1, 2 and 31 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy 2015Policy E5 of the Warminster Neighbourhood Plan 2016Policy L1 of the Warminster Neighbourhood Plan 2016

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

14 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

  1. Allowed29 October 20266013838
    Durrington Library, Bulford Road, Durrington, SP4 8EU
  2. Dismissed29 October 20266008998
    Land North of West Street, Great Somerford, Chippenham, SN15 5EH
  3. Dismissed27 October 20266007596
    Land Adjacent Honeysuckle and Meadow Cottage, Corston, SN16 0HJ
  4. Dismissed26 October 20266008440
    Saxon, Castle Road, Devizes, SN10 1HL
  5. Dismissed23 October 20266009187
    Land at Arms Gardens, Sutton Benger, Chippenham, SN15 4RE

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.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.