Land at Wood Lane, Brinkworth, Wiltshire

1. 1.The application site is located outside the defined settlement boundary, in an unsustainable location, that would fail to provide a genuine choice of transport modes conflicting with the spatial strategy and relevant policies of the Wiltshire Core Strategy 2015, namely Core Policies 1, 2, 13, 60 and 61 the National Planning Policy Framework having particular regard to the key policies for directing development to sustainable locations, including paragraph 110.
2. 2.The change of use of the land from an agricultural use into a residential development will fundamentally change the character of the site. As a result of the proposed use and amount of development, the proposal would introduce significant levels of suburban built form into a site which presently has a distinctively rural character and is located within open countryside. Coupled with associated lighting, boundary treatments, parked vehicles, domestic activities and paraphernalia, it would dramatically and unacceptably change the character of the land, eroding its rural qualities conflicting with the relevant policies of the Wiltshire Core Strategy 2015, namely Core Policies 51 and 57 and the planning policy advice of the National Planning Policy Framework having particular regard to the key policies for making effective use of land and securing well-designed places including paragraphs 124 & 187

From the council's decision notice.

Application type

Permission in Principle

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Brinkworth CP

Date validated

18 June 2026

Consultation expiry

20 July 2026

Consultation end

20 July 2026

Target decision date

23 July 2026

Case officer

Samantha Stockley

Statutory period

35 days

Documents

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