®Planning appeal decision
Paper Mill, 121 Alveley, Bridgnorth, WV15 6HE
Planning appeal 3355034 at Paper Mill, 121 Alveley, Bridgnorth, WV15 6HE (Shropshire County Council) was allowed on 13 May 2025 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
application under Section 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the change of use of agricultural land to form new residential access and parking”
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Watson S
- Postcode
- WV15 6HE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The fallback position that fencing and gates could be erected under permitted development rights, achieving the same outcome and harm irrespective of the appeal decision, provided the decisive consideration that clearly outweighed the harm to Green Belt openness.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS5 of the Adopted Core StrategyPolicy MD6 of the Site Allocations and Management Development Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154
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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