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Dismissed31 March 20266001946

To the West of, Dovaston, Shropshire, SY10 8DR

Planning appeal 6001946 at To the West of, Dovaston, Shropshire, SY10 8DR (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 31 March 2026 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location of the appeal site is suitable for a new dwelling.

for single self-build dwelling with all matters reserved apart from access and scale

Authority
Shropshire County Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Watson S
Postcode
SY10 8DR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the location of the appeal site is suitable for a new dwelling
  • Whether a suitable mechanism to secure the proposal as a self-building dwelling has been provided
  • Whether the proposal is exempt from biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements

What decided it

The proposal's location in open countryside outside development boundaries, requiring reliance on private motor vehicles and failing to meet any development plan exception, combined with the failure to secure an appropriate self-build mechanism and lack of biodiversity net gain information, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery.

The modest benefits of providing one dwelling and temporary construction-phase economic benefit were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the proposal's conflict with the Council's spatial strategy, reliance on private motor vehicles, and failure to provide biodiversity net gain, resulting in dismissal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS1Policy CS4Policy CS5Policy MD1Policy MD3Policy MD7aPolicy S14.2(vii)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 187

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