Land with outline planning consent for 9 open market units.
This attractive residential development site is located on the northern edge of Warminster, immediately to the east of the Bath Road (B3414). To the south of the site are several existing detached residential properties, immediately to the west is a large detached property set back from the road, to the north is open countryside, and to the east is a light industrial estate albeit this will be shielded by an already established landscape buffer. There is a large residential development scheme positioned to the west of Bath Road, accessed from a new roundabout to the south of the site. See attahed brochure for full details.
Location Details
Warminster is an attractive market town in Wiltshire with strong military connections being situated to the west of Salisbury Plain. It has many fine buildings and a variety of independent shops and cafes as well as a range of leisure facilities including the Athenaeum Theatre and the Lake Pleasure Grounds. Its location on the edge of the Cranborne Chase and the West Wiltshire Downs area of Outstanding Natural Beauty provides plenty of opportunities for cycling and walking activities. Warminster is located on the A350/A36 providing links to Chippenham, Bath, Bristol and the M4 to the north and to Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Wincanton and the A303 to the south. Warminster is on the Wessex main rail line offering services to Bristol, London Waterloo, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth.
Planning
The site has the benefit of outline planning permission under PL/2021/10503 for residential development for up to 9 dwellings and associated vehicular access. The proposed scheme is subject to payment of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) at a rate of £55 per sq m of built development (plus indexation). The scheme falls within an area where phosphate mitigation is required. Credits have been secured and a cost of £34,000 will be borne by the purchaser of the site. The illustrative plan submitted with the application demonstrates the capacity for units ranging between 1,399ft² and 1,507ft².