LAND ADJACENT TO NO.2 FARM COTTAGES, ARSCOTT, PONTESBURY, SHREWSBURY, SY5 0XP

4-bedroom dwelling with detached double garage

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

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be suitably located having regard to the Council's spatial strategy for the area and its accessibility to services and facilities
the effect of the proposal on protected species, with specific regard to Great Crested Newts

What decided it

The proposal's conflict with the spatial strategy requiring development to enhance rural sustainability, combined with unresolved harm to protected species and limited accessibility to services by sustainable transport, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of contributing to housing supply.

the significant adverse impacts of the proposal in terms of spatial strategy conflict and protected species harm significantly and demonstrably outweighed its moderate benefits of housing supply contribution and modest economic and social benefits

Framework references: 11, 99, 117

Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS5, Policy CS11, Policy CS17, Policy MD1, Policy MD7a, Policy MD12

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