The Old Orchard Sharpstones Lane Bayston Hill Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 0AN Data via plota.co.uk

25/03407/CPL - Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev Approved

Proposal

Application for Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed use as a children's residential home Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 12 Sept 2025
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Approved
7 Nov 2025

Approved on 7 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Nov 2026

Documents 18

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Scheduled monument about 129 m away: The Burgs
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Bayston Hill built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 2 November 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £630,000 in November 2025. Detached house, freehold.

21 November 2025£630,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
1 May 2020£250,000
14 December 2017£390,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Shropshire
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode
SY3 0AN
Received
around 12 Sept 2025
Validated
12 Sept 2025
Ward
Bayston Hill
Parish
Bayston Hill
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Nov 2025
Decision
Certificate - Lawful
Decision date
7 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
ET Planning
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 5 days slower than Shropshire's median of 51 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 88% of lawful development certificates here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
245decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Shropshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Shropshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14167990
Planning Portal ref
PP-14167990
Statutory expiry
7 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.