®Planning appeal decision
Cleveland Arms, High Ercall, TELFORD, TF6 6AE
conversion of public house (use class sui generis) into 1no. dwelling (use class C3)
- Authority
- Telford and Wrekin Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cross D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would comply with local and national planning policy in respect of the protection of community facilities
- Other material considerations
What decided it
The absence of a robust marketing exercise reflecting the property's true condition meant it had not been demonstrated that the site was no longer viable as a public house or community facility, so the loss of the community facility was not justified under Policy EC7.
the very limited benefits of housing delivery and heritage renovation did not outweigh the conflict with development plan policies protecting community facilities, and there were no other material considerations of sufficient weight to justify a departure from the plan
Plan policies cited: Policy EC7, Policy SP4, Policy COM1
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.