®Planning appeal decision
Former Hathaway Site, Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5TZ
Planning appeal 3302287 at Former Hathaway Site, Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5TZ (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 11 January 2023 by Inspector Cooper W, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve the Belfast-truss aircraft hangar non-designated heritage asset (NDHA).
sub-division of ground floor retail to form 5 class 'E' units and creation of 14no residential apartments on first floor
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- mixed-use · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Cooper W
- Postcode
- SY2 5TZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would preserve the Belfast-truss aircraft hangar non-designated heritage asset (NDHA)
- The effect of the proposal on the supply of employment land and premises
- Whether the proposal would provide a suitable mix and type of housing
What decided it
The significant harm to the non-designated heritage asset from concealment and exposure of the Belfast roof truss system, combined with unjustified loss of protected employment land and failure to demonstrate appropriate housing mix, outweighed the benefits of the proposal and the fallback position.
The benefits of housing delivery, employment space creation, and the fallback position of total loss of Class E floorspace to residential use were insufficient to outweigh the significant harm to the heritage asset, loss of employment land without viability justification, and failure to provide suitable housing mix.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS6 (Shropshire Core Strategy)Policy MD2 (Shropshire Site Allocations and Management of Development Plan)Policy MD13 (Shropshire Site Allocations and Management of Development Plan)Policy MD9 (Shropshire Site Allocations and Management of Development Plan)Policy CS14 (Shropshire Core Strategy)Policy CS11 (Shropshire Core Strategy)Policy MD3 (Shropshire Site Allocations and Management of Development Plan)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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