Owners of a luxury cat hotel that was built without permission four years ago have lost an appeal to a government inspector to give it retrospective planning consent.
Planning inspector William Cooper visited Woundale Farm, Woundale, Bridgnorth, in early December before ruling that the development is contrary to the development plan and not even public support for it could outweigh that.
But that sort of comment didn't sway the day for the planning inspector who had protection of the green belt in mind. "On the other hand, the other considerations I have identified are of limited weight in favour of the appeal scheme. Therefore, the harm to the Green Belt is not clearly outweighed by the other considerations identified, and the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development do not exist."
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