Upper House, Church Street, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 5BW Data via plota.co.uk

TWC/2026/0562 - Listed Building Refused

Proposal

Conversion of building into 8 self-contained flats and repair of all windows (Listed Building Application) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
29 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
23 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 8, Church Street, Grade II, about 11 m from the postcode pin · 4 Grade II*, 13 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.
Show all 17 with distances
Historic England ↗
World heritage site: Ironbridge Gorge
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Severn Gorge 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.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 332 m away: Madeley; Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Telford built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

Sales history 4

Last sold for £220,000 in March 2026. Detached house, freehold.

4 March 2026£220,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
29 November 2012£280,000
3 May 2002£213,500
28 February 1995£188,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Telford
Application type
Listed Building
Postcode
TF7 5BW
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
29 Jul 2026
Ward
Madeley and Sutton Hill
Parish
Madeley
Case officer
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Decision
Listed Building Refused
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
KAD Architectural Design
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 8 days slower than Telford's median of 48 for changes of use. Refused, as 16% of changes of use here are.

91%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
78decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
14949478
Telford
Planning Authority Score
7.8/10
Good
#31 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Telford is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #6 out of 296. Only 12% 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 (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Telford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #102 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #183 of 296
96%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #6 of 296
12%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #6 of 296
77%
Minor dwellings approved
57 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
43 decided
571
Total decisions
54 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.