The Strategic Planning Committee of Wiltshire Council is scheduled to meet on Tuesday 12 May 2026. The meeting's agenda includes a significant planning application for a large housing development and a report on planning appeals.

Land South of Netherhampton Road, Salisbury Phase 2

A key item for discussion is a full planning application for the erection of 406 dwellings, along with associated landscaping, car parking, internal access roads, footpaths, public open space including a 5.5ha Country Park, and drainage infrastructure at Land South of Netherhampton Road, Salisbury Phase 2. This development is part of a larger allocated site that already benefits from outline planning permission for up to 640 dwellings and other facilities. The application seeks to combine the second phase of residential development with the second phase of the Country Park.

The report pack details extensive planning considerations, including the principle of development, landscape and visual impact, design, highway safety, public rights of way, provision of affordable housing, and environmental considerations such as ecology, biodiversity, flood risk, and drainage. Significant attention is given to the impact on protected sites, including the New Forest SPA, SAC, and Ramsar site, and the River Avon SAC, with proposed mitigation measures and financial contributions outlined. The report also addresses the Council's current inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, which engages the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

The report recommends that planning permission be granted, subject to conditions and the completion of a Section 106 legal agreement to secure various contributions and obligations. These include provisions for affordable housing, highways and transport improvements, education, open space, waste and recycling, healthcare, phosphate mitigation, New Forest SAMM contributions, Biodiversity Net Gain monitoring, and public art.

Planning Appeals and Updates

The committee will also receive details of completed and pending planning appeals. The report pack includes information on a specific appeal decision regarding an installation of a solar farm at Land South of Potterne Park Farm, near Devizes. An inspector allowed the appeal, granting planning permission subject to conditions. The report also details a costs decision in relation to this appeal, where an application for costs against Wiltshire Council was refused.