Land at Weston Lullingfields, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 2AA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for residential development having regard to the adopted local development strategy and access to facilities and services
• Whether the proposed development would cause harm to the character and appearance of the area, in particular with regards to its effects on trees and hedgerows
• Whether the proposal would affect the integrity of a European Designated Site

What decided it

The site's location outside the settlement boundary in countryside with poor accessibility to services and facilities by sustainable transport modes, contrary to the adopted spatial strategy, results in harm to sustainable development that significantly and demonstrably outweighs the modest housing and economic benefits.

The modest housing supply and economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to sustainable development arising from the site's poor accessibility and countryside location contrary to the spatial strategy; the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.