Proposed Holiday Accommodation At Lyth Hill Shrewsbury Shropshire Data via plota.co.uk

25/04895/FUL - Full Planning Application Refused

Proposal

Change of use of land for the stationing of 2No shepherds huts for holiday purposes Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 15 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
16 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
11 Jun 2026
Appeal
Appeal lodged

Refused on 11 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Local nature reserve about 72 m away: Lyth Hill
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Lythbank 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
SY3 0BS
Received
around 15 Jan 2026
Validated
15 Jan 2026
Ward
Longden
Parish
Longden
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Mar 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
11 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Berrys

How this decision compares

Decided in 147 days from validation, 91 days slower than Shropshire's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 27% of changes of use here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
73%approved
147decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Shropshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Shropshire decision record →

Public comments

3comments received
3 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14585245
Planning Portal ref
PP-14585245
Comments by
13 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
16 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Shropshire
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#53 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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