A public Meeting will be held at Westbury Village Hall on Wednesday 5th September 2018 commencing at 7 pm to give all local residents the opportunity to hear about the option to be included as a Cluster in the ‘Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development’ as part of Shropshire Councils Local Plan Review.
In Community Clusters, appropriate development will be encouraged on sites already allocated within the SAMDev Plan; suitable small-scale infill sites; or through the conversion of existing buildings within or immediately adjoining the built form of the settlement. i. A small-scale site is generally considered to be up to 3 dwellings or 0.1ha. ii. An infill site consists of land with built development on at least two sides, which is also clearly within the built form of a settlement. It should not however result in a cramped form of development. iii. The rural area between Community Cluster settlements is considered countryside, where development is strictly controlled.
Shropshire Local Plan Review Consultation on Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development gives a more detailed explanation and can be found in section 6.
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Westbury Parish Council has supported the current Open Countryside Designation based on evidence detailed in the Parish Plan, Local Plan and representation from residents at a Public Meeting held on 13th December 2017