Skip to content

Proposed Residential Barn Conversions At Preston Springs Farm Palms Hill Wem Shropshire

23/03817/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 January 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Conversion of barns to 3No dwellings, installation of package treatment plant and alteration to vehicular access

Received
1 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Wem
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 146 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Proposed Residential Barn Conversions At Preston Springs Farm Palms Hill Wem Shropshire. Shropshire has handled 6,026 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 15 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Wem.

87% of full applications at Shropshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wem Rural

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2023
Consultation expiry
13 January 2024
Consultation end
13 January 2024
Target decision date
27 October 2023
Permission expires
25 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr David Parker 4 Croeswylan Lane Oswestry SY10 9PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 September 2023
Site notice end
4 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12383534
Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Shropshire

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address