Land at Ollerton Business Park, Crow Lane, Ollerton, Childs Ercall, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 2DB

Proposed B8 Use Class Employment Development comprising 3 Warehouse Units with Integrated Staff Facilities” without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 23/02475/FUL, dated 21 September 2023.  The condition in dispute is No. 7 which states that: “Prior to the commencement of any above ground works operations being carried out, highway passing places shall be implemented fully in accordance with the approved plans (plans to be referenced in any planning consent)”.  The reason given for the condition is: “To coordinate the delivery of the highway improvements in connection with the development of the site

Authority: Shropshire County Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Conde L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary in the interests of highway safety

What decided it

The condition requiring delivery of approved highway passing places remains necessary in the interests of highway safety given the narrow rural roads, increased vehicular movements from the expanded development, and lack of evidence demonstrating the works are unnecessary.

Plan policies cited: Policy CS6

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.