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Longswood Farm, Longswood, Telford, Shropshire, TF6 6HP

TWC/2026/0043Change Of Use (Prior Approval)Withdrawn
Prior approval

Withdrawn on 24 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for prior approval for the proposed change of use of agricultural use to flexible commercial use

Received
20 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wrockwardine
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Longswood Farm, Longswood, Telford, Shropshire, TF6 6HP. Telford has handled 58 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 63 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Wrockwardine. We hold 391 applications in total for the TF6 postcode area.

93% of amendment applications at Telford and Wrekin Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TF6 6HP
Application type
Change Of Use (Prior Approval)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rodington

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026
Application expires
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Peter Richards and Co.,
Agent address
Crab Tree Farm Prees Heath Whitchurch Shropshire SY13 3JY,

Planning decision

Case officer
Libby Harper
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
14628279
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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: Telford

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