37 Harley Road, Cressage, SY5 6DF

permission in principle for the construction of one or two dwellings

Authority: Shropshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: SY5 6DF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development with particular regard to the Council's strategy for the location of housing and its access to services and facilities

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the site's sustainable location with access to services and public transport, means the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies and the benefits of housing delivery outweigh the conflict with the development plan's countryside control policies.

The adverse impacts of conflict with the development plan's countryside control policies, to which limited weight was attributed, do not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and modest economic benefits, when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole, triggering the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11.

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: CS Policy CS1, CS Policy CS5, CS Policy CS6, SAMDev Policy MD1, SAMDev Policy MD7a, SAMDev Policy MD2

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What an account adds

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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.

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