Corsham: An appeal has been launched after Wiltshire Council refused extension plans. Earlier this year, Jeremy DuToit applied to build an extension to his home at 41 Queens Avenue in Corsham, as well as the garden wall.

Mr DuToit also applied for change of land to domestic curtilage.

But Wiltshire Council’s planning officers refused permission.

In their decision they said: “The change of use of the land and the proposed prominent siting of the boundary wall and extension would result in the loss of the open, landscaped character of the site and would form an incongruous and harmful addition to the street scene.

"This would harm the openness, rhythm and character of the wider street scene, where existing boundary treatments are set back from the pavement edge."

The officers added that the plans would be at odds with national planning policy, as well as its own and the Corsham neighbourhood plan.

Anyone who wishes to comment on the appeal must contact the planning inspectorate by Wednesday, October 13.

Bishops Cannings: Dominic Muns has won planning permission to convert and redevelop The Old Estate Yard on Chandlers Lane.

The permission will allow him to convert the site to form two houses.

Purton: Developers have launched a planning appeal after Wiltshire Council blocked its bid for 80 houses in Purton.

Last year, Beechcroft Land Ltd. Carole Ann Lindsey, John Webb and Sally Ballard applied for outline planning permission to build up to 79 houses on Purton Road.

In their decision, planning officers said that proposed development was outside the boundary of Purton, in open countryside and was not given up for development in the core strategy.

They added: “The proposal, including the provision of the new access into the site, would result in the urbanisation of this rural site which would result in harm to the local character, appearance and visual amenity of the immediate locality, including those currently enjoyed by pedestrians, cyclists and other users of this part of Old Purton Road and would result in the loss of local landscape features that are currently enjoyed.”

The site, according to the officers, does not make any provisions for affordable housing.

Wiltshire Council usually demands that developers allocate 40 per cent of residential developments to affordable housing.

But this can in some cases be addressed through section 106 contributions.

The appeal was officially launched on September 1 and anyone wishing to make a comment on it must contact the inspectorate by Friday, October 8.

The appeal hearing is set to begin on Tuesday, November 9, 2021.

Box: An appeal has been launched against an enforcement order served by Wiltshire Council on an unauthorised building.

John Hill is challenging a council decision to place an order on his property at land adjacent to Hobbs Bottom Farm in Box.

The order was served on the property because, according to the council, a building was constructed at the site breach planning control.

A planning officer said: “The council do not consider that planning permission should be granted for the unauthorised development because planning conditions could not overcome the objections to the unauthorised development.”

The notice gave Mr Hill four months to demolish the building.

But he is appealing the decision. Anyone wishing to make a comment on the bid must contact the planning inspectorate by October 22.

No date has been set for the hearing yet.

Bradford on Avon: Doric Development has been refused outline planning permission to build a new house on the site of a former nursery, Northleigh.

In rejecting the bid, planning officers wrote: “This application is considered to be an inappropriate, unsustainable form of development which would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefit of providing two additional dwellings in an open countryside location and the provision of employment created through construction processes.”

“The traffic generated from this proposal would use an access which is considered unsuitable to accommodate the increase in traffic from this development, to the detriment of highway safety for all users.”