How to find the planning application page online... 

The planning application reference is PL/2023/01880

The site address is 'Land rear of 117 High Street, Dilton Marsh, BA13 4DP.'

Here is a link to the Development Wiltshire online site: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0i3z000019rdinAAA/pl202301880?tabset-8903c=3

Click on the 'Comments' section of this online page and enter your details and your objection in the boxes. See below for advice.

A One-Page Guide to Objecting to a Planning Application 

DO object on the following possible grounds: 

  • Adverse effect on the residential amenity of the neighbours to the site. 
  • Noise (but not building noise) 
  • Disturbance (but not during the building process) 
  • Over-development of the site - loss of the open aspect of the neighbourhood and the visual impact of the development on the neighbourhood. 
  • Effect of the development on the character of the neighbourhood. Neighbouring houses are mostly 200-year-old weavers' cottages in a rural village setting. 
  • Design - including layout and density, detailing and materials. Overbearing, out-of-scale or out-of-character in terms of its appearance compared with the neighbouring properties and existing developments in the vicinity. 
  • The development would adversely affect highway safety including pedestrians (school children). Traffic generation and problems turning onto and off the High Street. 
  • Previous planning decisions - development of this field has already been refused several times... 
  •  Nature conservation, loss of wildlife habitat - particularly for endangered species such as bats, badgers, breeding birds, great crested newts, invertebrates (including slow worms), reptiles and protected plants and loss of mature trees and hedgerows. 
  • Stress on the infrastructure - local roads, schools, and health centre are already over-stretched.  
  • Contrary to local planning policies - not in an area scheduled for development. Risk of creating a development precedent for future development. 
  • On principle - If you feel that the very nature of the proposal is inappropriate and that the use of the land should not change. Over-whelming local feeling objecting against the proposed development. 
  • Write your own objection in your own words. Don’t ‘copy and paste’ or use a standard letter. 

DO NOT INCLUDE: 

  • any information about the applicant (building developer or land owner), particularly anything offensive or libellous. 
  • any speculation on future events or further development or any concerns about the effect of the development on property prices in the area.