17 Woodlands Grove Prees Higher Heath Whitchurch Shropshire SY13 2JB Data via plota.co.uk

26/02756/CPL - Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for conversion of enclosed garage into a bedroom and shower room Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jul 2026
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Approved
7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

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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

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Important details

Council
Shropshire
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode
SY13 2JB
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Prees
Parish
Prees
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Certificate - Lawful
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Shropshire Council, Private Sector Housing

How this decision compares

Decided in 47 days from validation, 4 days faster than Shropshire's median of 51 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
547decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15100576
Statutory expiry
16 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings