The North Shropshire community fighting plans to move the North Shropshire Hunt kennels to Greenfields Farm, Whixall has succeeded in getting the planning permission quashed for the second time in six months. The new Shropshire County Council has conceded that the planning permission granted by the former North Shropshire District Council (NSDC) in February was flawed in both process and in the use of conditions to compensate for a lack of submitted information, and has revoked the permission in the face of Judicial Review proceedings.

“Shropshire County Council¹s decisive and prompt stance on this issue has been a breath of fresh air after more than 16 months of ineptitude by the NSDC.” says a No Hunt Kennel Campaign spokesman. “It is clear vindication of our claim that the development raises serious environmental issues, and that these cannot be dealt with by simply adding yet another condition to any consent, particularly where they are unenforceable.”

“However, we remain vigilant to see if the North Shropshire Hunt make a fourth attempt to get planning permission as, knowing that the vast the majority of the local community (as demonstrated by the hundreds of letters on file objecting to applications for this site) remain opposed to a development of this nature in such an environmentally sensitive area, we will continue our campaign. We welcome Shropshire County Council¹s assurances that any further application for this site will be scrutinised most carefully.”