Halfway House Inn Eardington Bridgnorth Shropshire WV16 5LS Data via plota.co.uk

26/03020/DIS - Biodiversity Gain Plan Approved

Proposal

Discharge of BNG Gain Plan on planning permission Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 02:34

Application progress

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Received

11 Aug 2026

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Approved

11 Aug 2026

Approved on 11 Aug 2026 · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Site constraints 7

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Halfway House Inn, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Public footpath about 13 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

SSSI about 205 m away: Thatchers Wood and Westwood Covert SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Shropshire
Application type: Biodiversity Gain Plan
Postcode: WV16 5LS
Received: 11 Aug 2026
Validated: 11 Aug 2026
Ward: Brown Clee
Parish: Eardington
Target decision: 6 Oct 2026
Decision: BGP Approve
Decision date: 11 Aug 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Stephen Locke Associates

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15147366
Planning Portal ref: PP-15147366
Statutory expiry: 6 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2018 Approved

Works to facilitate the erection of single storey extension to public house; conversion o…

18/02734/LBC 3 Aug 2018

2018 Approved

Erection of single storey extension to public house; conversion of Brewhouse to self-cont…

18/02733/FUL 3 Aug 2018

2017 Withdrawn

Erection of single storey extension to kitchen, conversion of brewhouse and office to gue…

17/05103/LBC 5 Mar 2018

2017 Withdrawn

Erection of single storey extension to kitchen, conversion of brewhouse and office to gue…

17/05102/FUL 5 Mar 2018

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved

Land To The South Of Halfway House Inn Eardington Bridgnorth Shropshire

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of the buildings an…

23/02965/CPE 8 Aug 2023

Shropshire

Planning Authority Score

7.3/10

Good

#53 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Shropshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #53 out of 296. Only 29% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Shropshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

87%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #179 of 296

93%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #136 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #53 of 296

29%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #50 of 296

68%

Minor dwellings approved

350 decided (1-9 homes)

63%

Major dwellings approved

35 decided (10+ homes)

78%

Change of use approved

27 decided

2,083

Total decisions

273 refused in the year to March 2026