Proposed Residential Development Land West Of Pine Patch Heathwood Road Higher Heath Whitchurch Shropshire Data via plota.co.uk

26/02849/PIP - Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

Application for permission in principle 4 to 9 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
3 Aug 2026
Consultation
3 Aug 2026
Refused
28 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 28 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Aug 2026

Site constraints 4

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; Inside the Prees Higher Heath built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, 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 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
Permission in Principle
Postcode
SY13 2HH
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Prees
Parish
Prees
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
28 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Peter Richards And Co

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, 31 days faster than Shropshire's median of 56 for new homes. Refused, as 43% of new homes here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
57%approved
120decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Shropshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Shropshire decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 28 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
3 Aug 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