Thursday 4th September 2014
This photograph, taken by Danny Howell on Thursday 4th September 2014, shows, in the foreground, the western side of Dairy Field at Bishopstrow Farm, adjacent Cox’s Drove and Cox’s Drove Wood (on the left), in the parish of Bishopstrow. The field, used for the last 50 years, mainly for growing cereal crops, is known as Dairy Field, because the dairy of Bishopstrow Farm once stood near its northern edge. The Bourne Ditch (a winterbourne stream) which flows into the River Wylye near Norton Bavant Mill, forms the northern boundary of this field (its course is shown by the green line across the middle of the photograph).
Incredibly, for most local people, but perhaps not surprising for others, is the fact that the area of the field seen here in the foreground is shown coloured blue on the SHLAA map for Warminster, denoting that it is one of the sites submitted for potential residential development as part of the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). This site has the SHLAA number 726. This Assessment provides information on a range of potential housing sites and gives an indication of how dwelling requirements could potentially be met. The evidence is be used to inform the Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy and Site Allocation Development Plan Documents and Neighbourhood Plans. Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments are expected to be updated as part of the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) process. These development sites include those for employment or residential use or to provide Gypsy and Traveller pitches. However, only those sites proposed for residential uses will be assessed within the SHLAA.
The SCHLAA Map of potential residential development sites for Warminster is reproduced below ~
