Land adjacent Shrewsbury Road, Church Stretton, Shropshire, SY6 6EX

the erection of 5 No dwellings, to include means of access (re-submission and amended description)

Authority: Shropshire County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: McDonagh C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the loss of trees and the impact on the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (the AONB)
The effect of the proposal on biodiversity
Whether the proposal would accord with the Council's housing strategy in terms of its location

What decided it

The substantial harm to the character and appearance of the area and the scenic beauty of the AONB, combined with the proposal's conflict with the Council's housing distribution and spatial strategy, outweighed the benefits of housing delivery.

Although the benefits of the proposal were considerable, including the provision of five dwellings and affordable accommodation, these did not outweigh the substantial harm to character and appearance and the scenic beauty of the AONB, and the conflict with the development plan's housing distribution strategy.

Framework references: 176, 180, 80

Plan policies cited: Policy CS6, Policy CS17, Policy MD2, Policy CS1, Policy MD1, Policy CS3, Policy S5, Policy CS5, Policy MD7a, Policy MD3

Judgments cited: Borough of Telford and Wrekin v SoSCLG and Gladman Developments Limited [2016] EWHC 3073 (Admin)

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