Strathmore Mill Lane Kemberton Shifnal Shropshire TF11 9LU Data via plota.co.uk

26/01939/TCA - Works to Trees - Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Reduce in height by 40-50% 1no. Eucalyptus within Kemberton Conservation Area Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 May 2026
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Consultation
29 May 2026
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Approved
10 Jul 2026

Approved on 10 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Plans & drawings 1

IMG 20260522_113315 Sketch plan · 22 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 22 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

IMG SCREENSHOT_20260520_071813_GALLERY Photo · 22 May 2026 View ↗ IMG 20260520_055643 Photo · 22 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Kemberton 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.
Council document ↗
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, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Shropshire
Application type
Works to Trees - Conservation Area
Postcode
TF11 9LU
Received
27 May 2026
Validated
27 May 2026
Ward
Shifnal Rural
Parish
Kemberton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Jul 2026
Decision
Consent by Right - Trees
Decision date
10 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
251decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14949351
Site or press notice
29 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Approved
Notification of works to include the removal of self-seeded conifer tree lying within Kem…
16/04952/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Oak Tree Cottage Mill Lane Kemberton Shifnal Shropshire TF11 9LU
Erection of a single storey rear extension to a detached dwelling, dimensions 6.62 metres…
24/00097/HHE
2021 Approved
13 Mill Lane Kemberton Shifnal TF11 9LU
To fell and remove 1No. Holly tree and fell and remove 1No. Damson tree within Kemberton…
21/00968/TCA
2019 Approved
Penn Briar Mill Lane Kemberton Shifnal Shropshire TF11 9LU
To fell 1No Silver Birch tree and 2No Hornbeam trees within Kemberton Conservation Area
19/00331/TCA
2018 Approved
Penn Briar Mill Lane Kemberton Shifnal Shropshire TF11 9LU
Fell 1no Silver Birch, 1no Hornbeam & 1no Lime and reduce remaining trees by 2-3m (see pl…
18/02703/TCA
2017 Approved
Penn Briar Mill Lane Kemberton Shifnal Shropshire TF11 9LU
To re-shape and crown reduce by 2m 1No Copper Birch Tree and 1No Hawthorn (White May) Tre…
17/04847/TCA
2017 Approved
Oak Tree Cottage Mill Lane Kemberton Shifnal Shropshire TF11 9LU
Removal of 1 No Leylandii hedge and 46 Leylandii Trees within Kemberton Conservation Area
17/02999/TCA
2016 Approved
14 Mill Lane Kemberton Shifnal Shropshire TF11 9LU
To fell 9 Leylandii trees within Kemberton Conservation Area
16/03760/TCA
Shropshire
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#53 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings