Overs Farm, Haughton, Tasley, Bridgnorth (wigwam cabins)

6008804·Shropshire·23 Sept 2026dismissed·25/04206/FUL

Tier label used

community hubs and community clusters (Policy CS1)

The tier sentence ¶4

“in rural areas, development will be located predominantly in community hubs and community clusters”

The route sentence ¶7

“access to Bridgenorth is via a narrow country lane with no footpaths or street lighting”

Summary

Five wigwam holiday cabins on a former pig farm outside Bridgnorth were refused, and the appeal was dismissed. The inspector found the site car-dependent and gave "very substantial weight" to the conflict with TR3 and the local spatial strategy. Economic benefits got substantial weight under E2(1). The inspector ran both S5 routes: S5(1)(b) (assuming necessity) and S5(4). The scheme failed both.

The location finding

TR3: fail. narrow lane, no footpaths or lighting, Bridgnorth "a noticeable distance"; visitors heavily reliant on cars; "very substantial weight" to the conflict (DL 6-7, 15)

Why this is cited

Site outside the hubs and clusters: against. The route failed too: narrow lane to Bridgnorth with no footpaths or street lighting; dismissed. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site (and the route was decisive too).

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6008804.txt

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