J Gwilliam & Sons, Upper Farm Guilden Down, Clun, CRAVEN ARMS, SY7 8NZ

erection of an agricultural occupancy restricted dwelling with a detached garage, installation of septic tank

Authority: Shropshire County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Hall R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether there is an essential need for an additional rural worker to live permanently at the appeal site in the countryside, having regard to: the functional need of the farming enterprise; the suitability and availability of any alternative accommodation; and whether the proposal is acceptable with respect to affordable housing.

What decided it

The likely availability of suitable alternative accommodation to meet the functional need, undermining the justification for a new agricultural worker's dwelling.

The significant weight attached to the presumption against new residential development in the countryside outweighed the limited benefits of the scheme, so the proposal conflicted with the development plan as a whole with no material considerations to outweigh that conflict.

Framework references: 84

Plan policies cited: Policy MD7a, Policy CS5

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.