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Allowed7 July 20266006022

Orchard Cottage, Ashford Carbonell, SY8 4BX

Planning appeal 6006022 at Orchard Cottage, Ashford Carbonell, SY8 4BX (Shropshire) was allowed on 7 July 2026 by Inspector N Robinson, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A - The main issue is whether the planning obligation serves a useful planning purpose, with particular regard to the affordable housing restriction.

market value dwelling including detached ancillary office and alteration to existing vehicular access

Authority
Shropshire
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential
Inspector
N Robinson
Postcode
SY8 4BX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Appeal A - The main issue is whether the planning obligation serves a useful planning purpose, with particular regard to the affordable housing restriction.
  • Appeal B - The main issue is if the site is in a suitable location for the proposal having regard to the spatial strategy in the development plan and access to services.

What decided it

In Appeal A the obligation's failure to deliver any prospect of an affordable dwelling justified discharge, and in Appeal B the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance so that housing and other benefits were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by conflict with the settlement strategy.

the benefits of housing delivery, economic benefits and social benefits to the appellant's family attracted substantial weight and were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of conflict with the settlement strategy, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy MD7aPolicy CS5Policy CS11
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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