Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed17 July 20266008835

Land North Of, Olden Lane, Ruyton Xi Towns, SY4 1JD

Planning appeal 6008835 at Land North Of, Olden Lane, Ruyton Xi Towns, SY4 1JD (Shropshire) was dismissed on 17 July 2026 by Inspector D Wilson, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on highway safety with regard to access.

5no. self-build dwellings

Authority
Shropshire
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Inspector
D Wilson
Postcode
SY4 1JD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on highway safety with regard to access
  • the effect of the proposed development on the integrity of a European site

What decided it

The absence of a completed legal agreement to secure mitigation measures required to avoid adverse effects on the integrity of Cole Mere Ramsar site, a European protected site, meant the competent authority could not rule out all reasonable scientific doubt of harm and therefore the proposal conflicted with the Conservation of Habitat and Species Regulations 2017.

The modest contribution to housing delivery and undersupply (significant weight) and varied housing including bungalows (limited weight) were outweighed by the inability to secure mitigation for adverse effects on European site integrity, which provided a strong reason for refusal under NPPF paragraph 11d(i), displacing the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS6 of the Shropshire Local Development Framework: Adopted Core Strategy March 2011Policy MD2 of the Shropshire Council Site Allocations and Management of Development (SAMDev) Plan Adopted Plan 17th December 2015
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 116Paragraph 72Paragraph 11

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

4 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Shropshire

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed28 July 20266008009
    Land Adjacent Ryton Villa Farm, Ryton, SY5 7LS
  2. Dismissed13 July 20266005479
    Steps West Castle Street To New Road, Bridgnorth, WV164BA
  3. Dismissed2 July 20266005224
    Proposed Dwelling At Oakdene, Greenhill Bank, Criftins, Ellesmere, SY12 9LU
  4. Dismissed19 June 20266006234
    Stanton Mill, Stanton Upon Hine Heath, SY4 4LR
  5. Dismissed22 April 20266003310
    Land Opposite The Warren, Stockhall Lane, Hopton Wafers, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, DY14 0NA

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.