Proposed Residential Development At Red House Farm Little Ness Shrewsbury Shropshire Data via plota.co.uk

26/03562/PIP - Permission in Principle Approved

Proposal

Permission in Principle for one open market dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:17

Application progress

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Received

around 22 Sept 2026

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Consultation

24 Sept 2026

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Approved

22 Oct 2026

Approved on 22 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 5

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Little Ness War Memorial, Grade II, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II

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.

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8 mLittle Ness War MemorialGrade II
112 mLower House FarmhouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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 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.

Scheduled monument about 136 m away: Motte 50m south east of St Martin's Church: part of a motte and bailey castle

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

Priority habitat about 43 m away: Traditional orchard.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 19 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 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: Permission in Principle
Received: around 22 Sept 2026
Validated: 22 Sept 2026
Ward: Loton
Parish: Little Ness
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 Oct 2026
Decision: Grant Permission
Decision date: 22 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Berrys

How this decision compares

Decided in 30 days from validation, 26 days faster than Shropshire's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 77% of changes of use here are.

This one30d

Council56d

UK56d

53%decided within 8 weeks

77%approved

173decided 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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15231453
Planning Portal ref: PP-15231453
Comments by: 23 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 24 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 27 Oct 2026
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