®Planning appeal decision
Land North Top Street, Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4DR
Planning appeal 3345090 at Land North Top Street, Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4DR (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 30 January 2025 by Inspector Robinson N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal makes appropriate provision for affordable housing.
erection of six single-storey dwellings
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Robinson N
- Postcode
- SY11 4DR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal makes appropriate provision for affordable housing
- whether the proposal makes appropriate provision for waste collection
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
- whether the proposal is in a suitable location for housing, having regard to the spatial strategy of the development plan and access to services
What decided it
The failure to secure affordable housing through a valid and complete Section 106 obligation, combined with inadequate waste collection arrangements that would not provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery under paragraph 11d of the Framework.
The benefits of six new dwellings meeting local need for smaller single-storey dwellings and providing social and economic benefits, attracting moderate and meaningful weight given the housing land supply shortfall, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the failure to provide affordable housing (which infringes sustainable development principles) and inadequate waste collection arrangements (conflicting with Chapter 12 of the Framework).
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS Policy CS11CS Policy CS6SAMDev Policy MD2CS Policies CS4CS Policies CS5SAMDev Policies S14.2SAMDev Policies MD1SAMDev Policies MD3SAMDev Policies MD7SAMDev Policy S14.2(vi)SAMDev Policy MD3CS policies CS1SAMDev policies MD1SAMDev policies MD3SAMDev policies MD7aSAMDev policies S14.2(vi)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 5Paragraph 12
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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