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Agricultural Building B at Rose Cottage, B5065 From A49 to Cruckmoor Junction, Prees Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 2BN
Planning appeal 6000790 at Agricultural Building B at Rose Cottage, B5065 From A49 to Cruckmoor Junction, Prees Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 2BN (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 23 December 2025 by Inspector Barton P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be suitable for conversion to residential use, having regard to relevant local plan policies.
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
- Postcode
- SY13 2BN
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- 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)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 82Paragraph 83
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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