Shelton Water Treatment Works Welshpool Road Shelton Shrewsbury Shropshire Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 25/02699/FUL
Date received
around 4 Aug 2025
Date validated
4 Aug 2025

Description

Change of use of land to operational land for the installation of two covered reservoirs and associated development, including a pumping station, drainage and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 450.

Day 450, past the statutory target. 90% of full applications in Shropshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 16 Oct 2026.

Day 450394 days past the 56-day target
68%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
993decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Shrewsbury built-up area; Priority habitat about 17 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 17 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 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.

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Shropshire
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#53 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
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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