Council rejects plan for 200 new homes on town outskirts

The homes would have been near a trading estate and Westbury railway station

Plans to build 200 new homes on the north west edge of Westbury have been turned down.

Concerns were raised by the public and Heywood Parish Council that the development would impact air quality, highways safety and local wildlife.

Wiltshire council said the company behind the plans, Gladman Developments hadn't provided enough information to "robustly assess" if the new homes could be accommodated.

Its the third time that a development on the land by Storridge Road, near the West Wiltshire Trading Estate, has been rejected since 2018.

The plans would have required these two homes on Storridge Road to be demolished to give access to the new houses

The plans put forward by Gladman Developments would have filled a gap between existing homes to the south of the site and the West Wiltshire Trading Estate to the north.

The application said the 200 homes would be visually attractive “as a result of good architecture, layout and appropriate and effective landscaping".

But Wiltshire Council was concerned that residents would be affected by noise from the trading estate.

It also noted that the land is outside of the Westbury settlement boundary.

Gladman Development also had plans for new homes by the M4 at Sutton Benger turned down.