British Waterways Birch Road Ellesmere Shropshire SY12 9AA Data via plota.co.uk

26/01383/FUL - Full Planning Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Repair and alteration of Ellesmere Yard to improve access, replace garages and bin stores with new operational and boater facilities buildings, provide flexible reuse of existing buildings for operational, commercial, community and visitor uses, and create a new vehicle access, parking, landscaping and pedestrian links… Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Sept 2026, 12:22

Application progress

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Received

21 Apr 2026

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Consultation

24 Apr 2026

Decision

Expected by 16 Jun 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 9 Aug 2026; it is now day 146. The consultation period closed on 9 Aug 2026.

Documents 35

Statements & assessments 25

Plans & drawings 2

PDF AMENDED TRAVEL PLAN Report · 13 May 2026 View ↗ PDF FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN Superseded Document · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 4

Ellesmere conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.

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 Expansion Zone

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

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Meres and Mosses.

Not affected

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

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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: Full Planning Application
Postcode: SY12 9AA
Received: 21 Apr 2026
Validated: 21 Apr 2026
Ward: St Martin's
Parish: Ellesmere Rural
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Jun 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Canal & River Trust

Decision outlook

Day 146, past the statutory target. 86% of commercial and major works in Shropshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 13 Sept 2026.

target

predicted

Day 14690 days past the 56-day target

68%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

53decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Shropshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Shropshire decision record →

Public comments

3comments received

1 objecting2 supporting

67% support · above the UK average of 15%

Last counted 13 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14760590
Comments by: 9 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 24 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 16 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

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25/01380/DIS 17 Oct 2025

2025 Approved

Discharge of conditions 6 (Ecology - Protected species licence), 7 (Building Recording)…

25/00059/DIS 10 Feb 2025

2024

Urgent works to stabilise and maintain existing designated assets. Reinstatement and adap…

24/03275/LBC 27 Aug 2024

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

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Proposed PVC banner

25/00812/ADV 13 Mar 2025

2023 Approved

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Works to facilitate the installation of gas fired hot water heating system to include a b…

23/00136/LBC 10 Mar 2023

2022 Approved

Canal Workshop Birch Road Ellesmere Shropshire SY12 9AA

Discharge of Condition 3 (Ecological Clerk of Works), 4 (Repointing of brickwork/stonewor…

22/00572/DIS 16 Jun 2022

2021 Approved

5 Beech House Birch Road Ellesmere SY12 9AA

Works to facilitate the refurbishment of the unit to include heating system, kitchen/bath…

21/05000/LBC 15 Dec 2021

2021 Approved

4 Beech House Birch Road Ellesmere SY12 9AA

Discharge of Conditions 3 (Hearth, Infill and Mantle) and 4 (Boiler Flue and Slate Vent)…

21/01678/DIS 11 May 2021

2020 Approved

4 Beech House Birch Road Ellesmere SY12 9AA

General remedial and improvement works to include: installation of heating/insulation/re…

20/05195/LBC 12 Mar 2021

2020 Approved

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Remedial underpinning scheme to north eastern end of workshop range; temporary shoring of…

20/03735/LBC 19 Nov 2020

2017 Approved

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2016 Approved

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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

British Waterways Birch Road Ellesmere Shropshire SY12 9AA Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 35

Statements & assessments 25

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 1

Other documents 7

Site constraints 4

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