Cosford green belt ‘business park’ plan appeal is rejected
Plans to create employment ‘starter units’ for businesses in Cosford will not go ahead after planning inspectors threw out an appeal.
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The proposed scheme for a single building containing three business units on Long Lane was refused by Shropshire Council in February last year after planners decided it would be inappropriate for green belt land.
However applicants R & P Wood had appealed to government inspectors to overturn the council’s decision on the proposal, which would have expanded the existing Cosford Business Park site.
They said they had a “waiting list” of businesses ready to move into the units, which would provide employment to local people, and address a local need for business accommodation.
Council planners had ruled that the commercial benefits of the scheme would not outweigh any harm to the green belt land it was built on, and the council’s planning report said the “relatively substantial” building would be inappropriate for the site.
