®Planning appeal decision
Ryton Grange, Ryton, Dorrington, SY5 7LW
Planning appeal 6005834 at Ryton Grange, Ryton, Dorrington, SY5 7LW (Shropshire) was dismissed on 12 June 2026 by Inspector B Plenty, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the building is deemed suitable for conversion in consideration of local policies.
Conversion of an agricultural building into 2-bedroom dwelling including alterations to existing access road and creation of new parking spaces
- Authority
- Shropshire
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- B Plenty
- Postcode
- SY5 7LW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the building is deemed suitable for conversion in consideration of local policies
- Whether the proposed dwelling would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular respect to noise and disturbance and the provision of external space
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety
What decided it
The substantial alterations to the building's appearance and form would cause significant harm to character and appearance and fail to respect the existing building, and the inadequate external amenity space would fail to provide suitable living conditions, and these harms significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery and building reuse.
The modest benefits of housing supply, infill development, building reuse and local economic support were outweighed by significant harm to character and appearance and inadequate living conditions, such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS5MD7aCS6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 73Paragraph 135
- Judgments
- Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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