Smithy Brook Cottage 3 South Road Ditton Priors Bridgnorth Shropshire WV16 6SJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/02610/TCA - Works to Trees - Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Fell 1no. Ash within Ditton Priors Conservation Area Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 04:54

Application progress

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Received

10 Jul 2026

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Consultation

13 Jul 2026

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Approved

8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Shropshire Hills National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Ditton Priors 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 ↗

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

Inside the Ditton Priors built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 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: Works to Trees - Conservation Area
Postcode: WV16 6SJ
Received: 10 Jul 2026
Validated: 10 Jul 2026
Ward: Brown Clee
Parish: Ditton Priors
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Aug 2026
Decision: Consent by Right - Trees
Decision date: 8 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 60 days from validation, 18 days slower than Shropshire's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one60d

Council42d

UK36d

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

1comment received

1 objecting

Last counted 8 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 27 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 13 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 21 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

4 South Road Ditton Priors Bridgnorth Shropshire WV16 6SJ

To fell 4No Silver Birch trees lying within Ditton Priors Conservation Area

20/04904/TCA 12 Jan 2021

2019 Approved

The Orchards South Road Ditton Priors WV16 6SJ

Erection of replacement garage

19/04317/FUL 27 Nov 2019

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

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