Manor House Developments Ltd wants to turn the land adjacent to Kiln Close into four homes, through excavating the former railway embankment on the site.

It first applied to build four new homes on the area of undeveloped land at the site of the former railway line in 2023.

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In March 2024, Wiltshire Council decided to refuse the plans, and an appeal made in August 2024 was refused in March 2025. 

The former railway embankment on Kiln Close (Image: Newsquest) Following the refusal, the applicant resubmitted similar plans, this time including three homes rather than four, which was refused again in January 2025. The dwellings would be "self build", meaning owners have a say in the design.

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At that planning meeting, councillor Ricky Rogers said he was "absolutely shocked by the stripping back of what was an established growth of trees and vegetation" on the former railway embankment, adding: "I have said before, Alderbury and Whaddon are a developer's pot of gold."

"Every nook and cranny is being developed and overdeveloped", he said.

An appeal has been lodged by the applicant which is yet to be decided on.

The latest plans for four dwellings on the site state that the developer has "addressed" comments made by the planning inspectorate. One of these was that the dwellings would "urbanise and undermine the verdant and spacious character" of the area.

The proposed dwellings would be 1.5 storeys high and have been "individually designed in a chalet bungalow style to limit ridge heights and to avoid any uniform appearance", the applicant has said.

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In order to "overcome" comments about a "rigid tandem layout", the applicant has relocated parking spaces away from the common boundaries and added hedges and additional landscaping between the dwellings to "soften" the appearance of the development.

The plan for the development (Image: Atlas Planning Group) "Large areas of hard surfacing have been reduced to what is only required and are pulled away from the common boundary."

The applicant has said the development now "wholly accords with the character of the surrounding area".

It is also concluded that the proposal would be located in a "sustainable location" within Alderbury, with nearby public transport opportunities and assist with supporting local businesses and facilities.