Decisions made by South planning committee on 5 June 2018

The following decisions were made by Shropshire Council’s South planning committee at its meeting at Shirehall, Shrewsbury on Tuesday 5 June 2018.

The Larches, Larches Lane, Oreton, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 0TW (17/02689/FUL) Erection of a building for the housing of alpaca, the storage of hay and associated agricultural equipment for alpaca husbandry; formation of access track.

Decision:

That, as per the officer’s recommendation, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

Proposed residential development land east of Shaw Lane, Albrighton (17/03774/FUL) Residential development of 74 Extra Care apartments and associated facilities, 6 bungalows and 58 houses; improved access.

Decision:

That, contrary to the officer’s recommendation, planning permission be refused for the following reasons:

It is acknowledged that the application site forms part of an adopted Development Plan housing allocation and would deliver new market housing and a high level of affordable housing broadly in line with the development guidelines for the site set out in Policy S1.1a of the SAMDev Plan. However, these benefits are not outweighed by a combination of negative factors which comprise:

• the vehicular access to the development being solely onto Shaw Lane with no assurance at this stage that access from Kingswood Road to the south could be achieved, which is the preferred option for the site as shown on the SAMDev Policies Map S1Map,  with the consequence that the nature and scale of the development would create traffic flows that would exacerbate the existing traffic congestion already experienced in the Shaw Lane area because of the close proximity of the School, Railway Station and Doctors Surgery, to the detriment of highway and pedestrian safety;
• the bulk and massing of the predominantly three storey extra care building would be out of keeping with the character and appearance of the locality, leading to the over development of the area, and would have an adverse impact upon the setting of the listed railway station building, albeit less than substantial but still a significant harmful impact, and there are no public benefits sufficient to outweigh this harm.

The proposed development would therefore be contrary to Shropshire Core Strategy policies CS6 and CS17; Site Allocations and Management of Development (SAMDev)Plan policies MD2, MD13 and S1.1  and would not satisfy the environmental role of sustainable development set out in the National Planning Policy Framework.

Spicers Hall Caravan Park, Spicers Hall Farm, off Church Street, Claverley (17/05265/FUL) Application under Section 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for ground levelling engineering operations.

Decision:

That, as per the officer’s recommendation, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, subject to the amendment to Condition No. 4 as set out in the Schedule of Additional Letters.

11 Greenfields Road, Bridgnorth, WV16 4JG (18/01814/FUL) Erection of single storey front extension.

Decision:-

That, as per the officer’s recommendation, planning permission be granted, subject to the conditions as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

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