Hengoed Park Residential Home, Hengoed, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7EE

creation of 25 assisted living bungalows and communal areas within courtyard

Authority: Shropshire County Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Hall R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would achieve acceptable living conditions for its future occupants, with particular regard to outlook, internal living space, and light
the effect of the proposed development on the walled garden and Hengoed Park Residential Home as non-designated heritage assets, and on the setting of grade II listed Trewern model farm buildings

What decided it

The considerable public benefits of providing 25 assisted living bungalows to meet a stated shortage of accommodation for vulnerable people outweighed the moderate harm to the significance of the walled garden as a non-designated heritage asset.

the considerable public benefits of providing 25 assisted living bungalows to meet a stated shortage of accommodation for vulnerable people outweighed the moderate harm to the walled garden as a non-designated heritage asset

Framework references: 216

Plan policies cited: Policy CS6, Policy MD3, Policy CS17, Policy MD13, Policy MD12

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