Clerical error opens up tiny Shropshire hamlet for new housing

And this week a assembly was informed that council planners cannot reverse the decision to name Seifton, among Diddlebury and Culmington, as a “group cluster”.

Shropshire Council’s southern scheduling Committee was informed that Diddlebury Parish Council experienced only meant to make a small part of Seifton a group cluster.

Nonetheless, most of Seifton is in Culmington Parish Council’s space, exactly where the councillors are dead versus improvement in the open up countryside.

Tuesday’s assembly was told that the council’s lawful officers have been brought in to glance at the concern.

But they can not discover any reference to with regards to 1 component of Seifton as a local community cluster and yet another as open up countryside. The complete region is categorised as a cluster in the neighborhood system, which developers can use to justify lodging purposes.

Seifton is determined as a ingredient of a local community cluster alongside Corfton, Bache Mill, Boulton, Broncroft, Middlehope, Peaton, (Good/Small) Sutton and Westhope.

The coverage provides a guideline of all around 5 added dwellings, and no additional than 10, in every of the settlements by 2026.

The concern arrived to a head at this week’s planning assembly the place a Mr and Mrs Pease applied to build a single residence to the north of Seifton Lane.

Stuart Clark, the couple’s organizing agent, reported they would attraction if it was refused.

Heather Coonick, the clerk of Culmington Parish Council, reported that “no one foresaw this anomaly” and reported that Diddlebury Parish Council supported the perspective.

Shropshire councillor Cecilia Motley mentioned Seifton is a “little settlement with no features” with medieval roots, and quite possibly event additional historic.

She said Culmington’s opposition to open up current market housing was “not nimbyism” simply because it is not the kind of housing that area young persons can afford.

Councillor Motley stated that while part of Diddlebury has been earmarked for housing, the situation has “caused consternation in Culmington parish”.

She included: “It is not for one particular parish to determine one more parish demands.”

Planners advised the committee that it was an “uncomfortable scenario” but “we are exactly where we are”.

It is feasible that the problem might be taken up by setting up inspectors but officers recommended granting permission to Mr and Mrs Pease’s software .

Councillor Claire Wild mentioned creating a selection now was “premature” for the reason that the inspectors of the new draft neighborhood approach had not made a final decision.

“I experience really, genuinely not comfortable about this,” she stated.

“At the coronary heart of all this has to be democracy. I really feel pretty strongly that we must refuse this.”

Councillor Richard Marshall reported he much too was “actually unpleasant”.

“I cannot assistance this software, we have got a responsibility to 95 for every cent of the residents of Seifton in Culmington parish who want to retain the open up countryside. We have acquired to wait in advance of we make any decisions.”

Councillors voted by 10 votes to reject the software inspite of being informed that the applicants are “probable to attractiveness”.