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Allowed6 August 20253357661

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

Planning appeal 3357661 at Hengoed Park Residential Home, Hengoed, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7EE (Shropshire County Council) was allowed on 6 August 2025 by Inspector Hall R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would achieve acceptable living conditions for its future occupants, with particular regard to outlook, internal living space, and light.

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
Postcode
SY10 7EE

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS6Policy MD3Policy CS17Policy MD13Policy MD12
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 216

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