Proposed Residential Dwelling 40 Mill Street Wem Shropshire SY4 5EX Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of dwelling and formation of new vehicular access Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 12 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Sept 2026
Documents 28
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 19
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 4
Site constraints 6
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 Planning Inspectorate, 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 2
Last sold for £280,000 in March 2023. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2020, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Shropshire
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- SY4 5EX
- Received
- around 10 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 10 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Wem
- Parish
- Wem Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 14 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 12 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Bleazard and Galletta
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 183 days from validation, 127 days slower than Shropshire's median of 56 for new homes. Approved, as 56% of new homes here are.
Plota live figures for new homes decided by Shropshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Shropshire decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 26 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14645181
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14645181
- Comments by
- 31 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 11 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 7 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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.
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