Steps West Castle Street To New Road, Bridgnorth, WV164BA

erection of detached dwelling and associated garage and vehicular access provision

Authority: Shropshire
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: WV16 4BA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether a suitable mechanism to secure the proposal as a self-build/custom house has been provided
Whether the proposal is exempt from biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements
The effect of the proposal on special historic and architectural interest of nearby heritage assets, including the Bridgnorth Conservation Area and two Scheduled Monuments, Bridgnorth Castle and Panpudding Hill
The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to overlooking to, and loss of privacy for, the properties on Hollybush Road
Whether the appeal site is suitable to accommodate the proposal with regard to land stability and any proposed mitigation measures

What decided it

The moderate less-than-substantial harm to designated heritage assets, combined with harm to neighbouring living conditions and failure to secure biodiversity net gain, outweighed the modest public benefits of housing delivery.

The moderate public benefits of housing supply and economic benefits during construction were outweighed by the moderate less-than-substantial harm to the significance of designated heritage assets and the harm to neighbouring living conditions

Framework references: 187, 215

Plan policies cited: CS6, CS17, MD2, MD13

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.