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Shropshire

In the last 12 months, 84.6% of full planning applications were approved in Shropshire (78 decided). A typical decision takes about eight weeks (median 55 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-16–2026-05-19): 90.8% of 5,623 decisions approved.

9,135Total applications
5,103Approved
520Refused
197Withdrawn
2,936Pending
90.8%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
5,645Delegated Decision
921No Data
55Committee Decision
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 2,150 1,853 297
86.2%
Discharge of Conditions 1,189 1,169 20
98.3%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 591 588 3
99.5%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 393 360 33
91.6%
Listed Building Consent 311 296 15
95.2%
Tree Works (TPO) 252 237 15
94.0%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 153 133 20
86.9%
Prior Approval (Other) 149 128 21
85.9%
Advertisement Consent 75 71 4
94.7%
Outline Planning 61 26 35
42.6%
Householder (Prior Approval) 58 46 12
79.3%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 32 32 0
100.0%
Overhead Electricity Lines 30 29 1
96.7%
Prior App from Agricultural to Dwellings 27 19 8
70.4%
Agri Prior Approval Notification 21 21 0
100.0%
Change of Use 19 19 0
100.0%
Prior App Agri to flex Commercial Use 17 13 4
76.5%
Reserved Matters 16 14 2
87.5%
Comm Business Service E to C3 Dwelling 14 8 6
57.1%
Telecommunications 12 6 6
50.0%
Prior App of Solar PV Non Domestic 10 8 2
80.0%
Discharge S106 Agreement Application 7 4 3
57.1%
Householder 6 1 5
16.7%
Permission in Principle 6 3 3
50.0%
Demolition 5 4 1
80.0%
Variation S106 Condition Application 4 2 2
50.0%
CBS to mixed use up to 2 Flats 3 2 1
66.7%
Hedgerow Removal Consent 3 3 0
100.0%
Agri Prior Approval Application 3 3 0
100.0%
Biodiversity Gain Plan 3 3 0
100.0%
Minerals and Waste 2 2 0
100.0%
Uncategorised 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 1,019 932
91.5%
2023-Q4 953 858
90.0%
2024-Q1 1,035 923
89.2%
2024-Q2 544 484
89.0%
2024-Q3 594 544
91.6%
2024-Q4 340 307
90.3%
2025-Q1 375 347
92.5%
2025-Q2 288 265
92.0%
2025-Q3 55 48
87.3%
2025-Q4 182 170
93.4%
2026-Q1 93 87
93.5%
2026-Q2 21 21
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Church Stretton And Craven Arms 197 176 21
89.3%
Cleobury Mortimer 179 163 16
91.1%
Burnell 169 157 12
92.9%
Quarry And Coton Hill 169 156 13
92.3%
Wem 150 139 11
92.7%
Ludlow North 149 142 7
95.3%
Porthill 147 134 13
91.2%
Corvedale 141 130 11
92.2%
Tern 138 131 7
94.9%
Belle Vue 135 125 10
92.6%
Longden 131 120 11
91.6%
Clun 127 123 4
96.9%
Planning guides

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