Paddock land adjoining 39a Stone Lane, Lydiard Millicent

6001260·Wiltshire·14 Sept 2026allowed·PL/2024/07426

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶4

“Core Policy 1 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy (WCS) establishes the settlement hierarchy”

Summary

Nine homes on a paddock outside any settlement boundary, next to housing at Common Platt on the western edge of Swindon. Allowed. The site conflicts with the Wiltshire settlement strategy. But the Council has only about 2.03 years' supply, and the site passes S5(1)(j) as "physically well-related". The Inspector held that this test does not need a site to adjoin the main village or to have a continuous footway. A 43 m stretch where pedestrians walk in the carriageway was acceptable under TR4 on the speed, traffic-flow and accident evidence.

Why this is cited

Site outside hierarchy settlements = plan conflict; conflict given very limited weight (Annex A(2)) and scheme allowed on S5(1)(j); location decided on route, not tier. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6001260.txt

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