High Barn, Four Ashes Estate, Six Ashes, Bridgnorth, WV15 6EP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
• The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
• The effect on the character and appearance of the area
• The effect on biodiversity
• Whether or not the type and amount of enabling development is justified
• Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm to openness and character, which is not clearly outweighed by other considerations sufficient to demonstrate very special circumstances.

The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm and other identified harm was not clearly outweighed by other considerations sufficient to demonstrate very special circumstances; the benefits of housing provision, construction jobs, and enabling development were insufficient to justify the proposal.