®Planning appeal decision
The Chestnuts, Cruckton, SHREWSBURY, SY5 8PW
Permission in Principle for construction of between two and four dwellings
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bromley N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location, the proposed land use and the amount of development is suitable for residential development, having particular regard to (a) the development plan strategy for housing and access to services and facilities, and (b) the effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal's failure to provide sustainable access to services and facilities and its conflict with the development plan's requirement for rural housing to enhance community vitality, combined with modest harm to character and appearance, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery under the tilted balance.
The modest benefits of housing delivery and efficient use of garden land (moderate weight) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the conflict with development plan policies requiring sustainable locations and enhancement of rural community vitality, the lack of sustainable transport options, and modest harm to character and appearance (significant weight).
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS5, Policy CS6, Policy CS11, Policy CS17, Policy MD1, Policy MD2, Policy MD7(a), Policy MD12
Judgments cited: Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610
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