Bishop Wordsworths School, Exeter Street, Salisbury, SP1 2ED

1. 1.The proposed new three storey teaching block by reason of its design, scale and massing is considered to be overdevelopment of the constrained application site, creating a sense of enclosure and overbearing presence which would fail to protect the reasonable living conditions of neighbouring properties to the north and south in particular 34 Friary Lane and the occupiers of the flats at Glastonbury House. The overbearing nature of the proposal to these adjacent residential properties and the impact on the privacy to No34 Friary Lane is therefore contrary to Core Policy 57 (vii) of the Wiltshire Core Strategy (2015), the guidance contained within Appendix D of the Wiltshire Design Guide SPD, and paragraph 135(f) of the National Planning Policy Framework which requires developments to provide a high standard of amenity for existing and future users. Furthermore, the scale, design, massing and overbearing nature of the development would it is considered cause harm to the adjacent listed buildings to the west and their setting in particular 95 and 96 Exeter Street and St Osmunds Church. The proposals are therefore considered to be contrary to S66 and 72 of The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990; core polices 57 and 58 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy, the design principles set out in Appendix D of the Wiltshire Design Guide SPD, and paragraphs 131 and 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF, 2024), which collectively seek to ensure high- quality design that respects local character and integrates appropriately with its surroundings and Chapter 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework, which collectively require development to conserve heritage assets in a manner appropriate to their significance.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

SP1 2ED

Application type

Full planning permission

Scale / size

Medium

Parish

Salisbury CP

Date validated

7 January 2025

Consultation expiry

12 March 2025

Consultation end

12 March 2025

Target decision date

1 July 2025

Statutory period

175 days

Documents

27