Planning appeal decision
Oakfield Farm, Watling Street, Craven Arms, SY7 8DX
Planning appeal 6007833 at Oakfield Farm, Watling Street, Craven Arms, SY7 8DX (Shropshire) was dismissed on 15 July 2026 by Inspector C Billings, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order (as amended) (GPDO) with regard to paragraph A.1(i), in particular whether the proposal would be for the storage of slurry or sewage sludge.
a covered muck store
- Authority
- Shropshire
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- agricultural
- Inspector
- C Billings
- Postcode
- SY7 8DX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order (as amended) (GPDO) with regard to paragraph A.1(i), in particular whether the proposal would be for the storage of slurry or sewage sludge
What decided it
The proposed covered muck store would fall within the definition of 'slurry' storage under the GPDO and would be located within 400 metres of a protected building, meaning it would not constitute permitted development.
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