Land east of Old Shackerley Lane, Albrighton

6010260·Shropshire·11 Sept 2026dismissed·25/04594/PIP

Tier label used

larger settlements

The tier sentence ¶22

“seek to direct development to the larger settlements of the area”

Summary

PIP for one or two houses in the garden of a rural cottage near Albrighton, on land that once held four earlier cottages. It was dismissed. The former buildings had "blended into the landscape", so the site was not PDL under GB7(1)(e). No other exception was argued, so the scheme was inappropriate. Location on a narrow, unlit, national-speed-limit lane added spatial-strategy and car-dependence harm.

The location finding

TR3: harm. narrow, unlit, national speed limit lane; residents "highly reliant on the private vehicle" (DL 20, 28)

Why this is cited

Site outside identified settlements: against. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010260.txt

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