®Planning appeal decision
Coalbrookdale Works, Wellington Road, Coalbrookedale, Shropshire, TF8 7DX
101 dwellings with associated access, infrastructure and demolition (to include the rebuilding and conversion of parts of a listed building to provide 3 dwellings), the creation of an open watercourse, and publicly accessible historic interpretation zone. Appeal B: APP/C3240/Y/24/3340266 Compressor House and Pattern Shop, Coalbrookdale Works, Wellington Road, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire TF8 7DX
- Authority
- Telford and Wrekin Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Webb B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the scheme on the World Heritage Site (WHS), together with other designated heritage assets, including whether the scheme would sustain and enhance the significance of on-site archaeology (Appeal A)
- Whether the scheme would preserve the listed building (Appeals A and B)
- Whether the scheme would preserve the setting of the listed building, and that of other listed buildings (Appeal A), and preserve or enhance the character or appearance of Severn Gorge Conservation Area (Appeals A and B)
- If harm would arise, whether clear and convincing justification for this has been demonstrated
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the listed building, its setting, the Conservation Area and the World Heritage Site, attracting considerable to great weight, was not outweighed by the moderate public benefits of the scheme.
the considerable/great weight attached to less than substantial harm to the listed building, its setting, the Conservation Area and the WHS outweighed the moderate weight attached to housing, brownfield reuse and flood-related public benefits, tipping the balance against the scheme
Plan policies cited: Policy BE3, Policy BE8, Policy BE4, Policy BE5, Policy BE1
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.