Proposed Residential Development Land To The West Of Whitchurch Road Wem Shropshire
Proposal
Outline application for residential development (to include access)
- Received
- 27 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 April 2026
- Decision level
- No Data
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Wem
- ReceivedSubmitted27 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided
This is an outline application at Proposed Residential Development Land To The West Of Whitchurch Road Wem Shropshire. Shropshire has handled 1,171 applications of this type and approves 75% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 27 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Wem conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Wem.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
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Additional Information
Source: Shropshire
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Wem
- Brownfield land register: Old Post Office And Buildings To The Rear 25 High Street, Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY…Register site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 8.0 miEllesmereRTPI
- 11.4 miShrewsburyRTPIRICS Regulated
- 23.4 miChesterRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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