®Planning appeal decision
Land to the south of Meole Brace Retail Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9NB
outline planning application (all matters reserved other than access) for the development of up to 150 residential dwellings
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for housing having regard to the development plan, and if not, are there any other considerations sufficient to mean that the proposal should be determined otherwise than in accordance with the development plan
What decided it
The cumulative weight of benefits, particularly the significant affordable housing provision above policy requirements together with substantial economic and social benefits and the limited countryside harm, outweighed the conflict with the development plan's settlement strategy.
The significant economic, social and other benefits of the proposal, together with some weight attached to the emerging Local Plan allocation and the limited harm to the countryside, outweighed the conflict with the development plan's settlement strategy, so the proposal was determined otherwise than in accordance with the development plan
Framework references: 48
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy MD1, Policy S16, Policy CS5, Policy MD7a, Policy CS11
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.