Land off The Parklands, Cockshutt, Ellesmere, SY12 0LN

‘Outline application for the erection of six dwellings’

Authority: Shropshire County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Worley E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the development would be in a suitable location, with particular regard to the development strategy
whether the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing
the effect on the European site

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate an adequate five-year housing land supply engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11, which outweighed the technical conflict with the development plan.

the adverse impacts in terms of the technical conflict with the development plan would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits in terms of housing supply and accessibility to services and facilities, when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS4, Policy CS5, Policy S8.2(i), Policy MD7a, Policy MD1, Policy MD3, Policy CS6, Policy MD12, Policy CS17, Policy CS9, Policy CS11

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