Appeal thrown out over new homes near Market Drayton
A Government planning inspector has thrown out an appeal to build new homes in a village near Market Drayton.
Applicants applied to an inspector to overturn Shropshire Council's decision to refuse permission to build four houses on land adjacent to Old Barn in Wollerton.
But now inspector Elizabeth Hill has backed the council's decision to refuse the appeal.
In her report, she said: "The original application was for eight dwellings but was amended to four dwellings prior to determination by the council.
"Since I do not consider that anyone would be prejudiced by my consideration of the smaller proposal, I have based my decision on the amended description for four dwellings.
"The proposed development would represent new development on a significant scale for the size of the village.
"I consider that the public benefits of the proposal would not outweigh the identified harm."
