®Planning appeal decision
Land to the South of Hall Lane, Kemberton, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 9LB
the installation of a solar farm and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Partington A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- The effect of the proposal on, and the potential loss of, agricultural land and an agricultural enterprise
- Whether the harm to Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposed development
What decided it
The substantial public benefits of renewable energy generation clearly outweighed the combined Green Belt and heritage harm, establishing the very special circumstances needed to justify the development.
the substantial harm to the Green Belt and less than substantial harm to heritage assets were clearly outweighed by the substantial benefit of renewable energy generation together with moderate landscape, biodiversity and economic benefits, amounting to very special circumstances
Framework references: 143, 153, 180b, 181, 88b, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy CS5, CS13, CS15, Policy CS6, Policy CS8, DP18, DP26
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.