All local hosts unreachable while connected to Wi-Fi

Question

My Raspi is connected to our WLAN using the following /etc/network/interfaces settings

auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
    wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
    address 192.168.65.227
    netmask 255.255.254.0
    network 192.168.64.0
    broadcast 192.168.65.255
    gateway 192.168.65.254 
    dns-nameservers 192.168.65.21 192.168.65.11

And the following settings in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpc_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=GB

network={
    ssid="<ssid>"
    psk="<psk>"
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

With this config, no hostnames are resolved - I suspect because the Pi can't find my local DNS servers (192.168.65.21 and 192.168.65.11). If I change these in the network interfaces file to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 then external hostnames are resolved so I can successfully ping google.com (whereas previously only specifying the IP address -- e.g ping 8.8.8.8 -- would work).

If I attempt to ping any local IP addresses, it tells me that the destination host is unreachable; internet works but not local network.

I am also unable to reach the Pi from other machines on my local network. My initial thought was an incorrect subnet mask, but when I run ifconfig it correctly brings through 255.255.254.0

All local hosts unreachable while connected to Wi-Fi

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