Wenlock Edge tourist accommodation plans are thrown out
Controversial plans to build two accommodation blocks for tourists on the edge of Shropshire's Wenlock Edge eauty spot have been thrown out by councillors.
Owners of the Wenlock Edge Inn pub, in Much Wenlock, wanted to build the new blocks and a meeting room before reopening the once popular pub.
The plans by the Murray family, who also own the nearby Longville Arms, had been recommended for approval by planning officers.
Protesters who gathered to oppose the plans were today celebrating after the proposals were turned down.
Residents met an hour before yesterday's Shropshire Council south planning committee meeting at Shirehall in Shrewsbury to discuss the proposals for the Wenlock Edge Inn pub.
Protester and resident Judith Goodman, who lives next door to the pub, near Much Wenlock, said: "The development would be on an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which is Wenlock Edge, and we feel the car park should not be built on. The pub sits on one side of the road and the car park on the other and there is no reason the developments could not take place on the same side the pub is."
Isobel Bushell, who also lives near to the proposed side, said the application had come as a shock.
"We actually thought the car park area belonged to the National Trust, which is also against it," she said.
