ORCHARD COTTAGE, ASHFORD CARBONELL, SY8 4BX

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

Authority: Shropshire
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential
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

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy MD7a, Policy CS5, Policy CS11

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