®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to White House, Coopers Lane, Porth-y-Waen, Oswestry, SY10 8LY
Planning appeal 3358745 at Land Adjacent to White House, Coopers Lane, Porth-y-Waen, Oswestry, SY10 8LY (Shropshire County Council) was allowed on 29 May 2025 by Inspector Morgan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development.
construction of between 2 No. and 4 No. dwellings
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Morgan R
- Postcode
- SY10 8LY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The shortfall in five-year housing land supply and the out-of-date development plan, combined with the site's location on the edge of the settlement relating well to existing built form, meant that the benefits of housing delivery significantly and demonstrably outweighed the identified harms when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The significant benefit of providing 2-4 additional homes in a borough with acknowledged housing shortfall, together with the potential to meet the community cluster guideline housing requirement and support young people staying in the area, outweighed the adverse impacts of harm to rural character and minor traffic generation, assessed against Framework policies as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Strategy Policy CS1Core Strategy Policy CS5Core Strategy Policy CS11SAMDev Policy MD1SAMDev Policy MD3SAMDev Policy MD7aSAMDev Policy S14.2(viii)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 82Paragraph 11
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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