®Planning appeal decision
Land to the East of the Moors View , Diddlebury, Shropshire , SY7 9JN
erection of 12 dwellings and operational supporting development
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hatfield T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would accord with the locational requirements of development plan policy for new housing
- The effect of the development on the setting of the Grade II listed Bache Mill House
- Whether there are other material considerations that would outweigh any conflict with the development plan, or any other harm, in this case
What decided it
The development would significantly exceed the settlement cap of 10 dwellings and would not constitute small-scale infilling as required by Policy S7.2, thereby conflicting with the locational requirements of development plan policy, and the material considerations including affordable housing and self-build provision did not outweigh this conflict and the less than substantial harm to the listed building setting.
The conflict with locational requirements of the development plan and less than substantial harm to the listed building setting outweighed the benefits of 8 affordable dwellings, 4 self-build plots, and economic benefits, particularly as the affordable housing did not accord with paragraph 72 of the Framework.
Framework references: 72, 201, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy CS4 of the Shropshire Core Strategy (2011), Policy MD1 of the Shropshire SAMDev Plan (2015), Policy S7 of the Shropshire SAMDev Plan (2015), Policy S7.2 of the Shropshire SAMDev Plan (2015), Policy MD13 of the Shropshire SAMDev Plan (2015)
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.