Planning appeal decision
Oldport Cottage, Oswestry, SY10 7AA
Planning appeal 3304991 at Oldport Cottage, Oswestry, SY10 7AA (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 21 February 2023 by Inspector Bristow T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal to the significance of the scheduled monument.
described on the application form as ‘change of surface of existing equestrian manège and all associated works
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Bristow T
- Postcode
- SY10 7AA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal to the significance of the scheduled monument
What decided it
The proposal would represent a discordant, geometric intervention in a landscape of natural and organic character, detracting from the significance of the scheduled monument, with no sufficient public benefits to justify the harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS5CS6CS17MD2MD13
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 174Paragraph 189Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 206
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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