®Planning appeal decision
Agricultural Building B at Rose Cottage, B5065 from A49 to Cruckmoor Junction, Prees Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 2BN
change of use from agricultural building to residential dwelling and internal alterations
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Barton P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be suitable for conversion to residential use, having regard to relevant local plan policies
What decided it
The building lacks the heritage or landscape merit required by Policies CS5 and MD7a for open market residential conversions in the countryside, and this conflict with the development plan, given significant weight, outweighs the limited benefits of a single dwelling in an unsustainable location.
The benefits of delivering one dwelling and associated social and economic benefits were afforded limited weight; the conflict with development plan policies requiring heritage or landscape merit was afforded significant weight; the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 82, 83
Plan policies cited: Policy CS5 of the Shropshire Local Development Framework: Adopted Core Strategy (March 2011), Policy MD7a of the Shropshire Council Site Allocations and Management of Development (SAMDev) Plan (17 December 2015)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.