A PLANNING inspector has dismissed an appeal over plans to turn part of an agricultural building into a tourist let. 

In September last year, plans by Mr and Mrs Gee of Ganders, Heath Farm Lane in Chapmanslade to transform part of an agricultural building and potting shed into holiday accommodation were refused by Wiltshire Council. 

In rejecting the plans, council officers said the applicants had not shown the building was lawful, there was not adequate off-street parking provided for the proposals and that the plans were an “unjustified form of development”. 

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In dismissing the appeal, the planning inspector wrote: “The proposal would provide some support to the agricultural unit, as a form of diversification, and also to the rural economy. 

“However, these benefits are outweighed by the harm I have identified in relation to highway safety.”