Land adjacent to eastern side of lane leading to, 14 Myddlewood, Myddle, Shrewsbury, SY4 3RY

Permission in Principle for the construction of between 2 No and 7 No dwelling houses

Authority: Shropshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: SY4 3RY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the location, the proposed land use and the amount of development would be suitable for residential development, having regard to the development plan strategy for housing and access to services and facilities

What decided it

The proposal does not represent a suitable location for housing having regard to the development plan's spatial strategy and would result in future occupiers being highly dependent on private cars, which would not prioritise sustainable transport modes, and these adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery.

The benefits of housing delivery (modest weight given the housing land supply shortfall) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of locating development in an unsustainable location contrary to the development plan strategy and NPPF policies directing development to sustainable locations.

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS5, Policy CS6, Policy MD1, Policy MD7(a), Policy S17.2(ii), Policy MD2

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