Spring Cottage, 69 Vicarage Bank, Alveley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV15 6HG

Planning appeal 3364170 at Spring Cottage, 69 Vicarage Bank, Alveley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV15 6HG (Shropshire County Council) was allowed on 4 July 2025 by Inspector Jones GP, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and, if so, whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt so as to amount to very special circumstances.

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Authority: Shropshire County Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Jones GP
Postcode: WV15 6HG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and, if so, whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The material consideration of the appellant's permitted development rights to construct a broadly similar scheme without planning permission, which would lack any landscaping requirements, combined with the ability to impose conditions requiring appropriate landscaping, constituted very special circumstances that clearly outweighed the harm to the Green Belt.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS5

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