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92% of the 119 applications for building work Shropshire decided since 7 September 2026 were approved; half were decided within 54 days. Plan Forecast, 6 November 2026.
Time to decide: half were decided within 54 days, counted from the day the application was valid (or received, where the register gives no valid date) over the 119 decisions with both dates.
Approval rates by type of work
- Rear extension 94% of 34 decisions
- Two-storey extension 96% of 23 decisions, a small sample
- Garden room or outbuilding 100% of 23 decisions, a small sample
- Loft conversion or dormer 92% of 12 decisions, a small sample
- Side extension 91% of 11 decisions, a small sample
- Front porch too few to say 6 decisions
- New dwelling in a garden too few to say 6 decisions
- Change of use to garden too few to say 3 decisions
- Garage conversion too few to say 1 decisions
Before you apply
Whether the commonest kinds of work in Shropshire need planning permission at all, from the law itself, rule by rule.
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Check your project
Put a pin on your house, describe the work, and see it measured against each permitted development limit, with the clause it comes from. A guide, not a guarantee.
Where Shropshire stands
The government's own count, every kind of application together: a different question from the rates above, which are one kind of work at a time. Why the figures differ.
The long view
Recent decisions in Shropshire
Straight from the register. Addresses are reduced to the street here; the report you get names the property.
Whitehall Terrace Whitehall Street Shrewsbury
ApprovedInstallation of through floor lift
Decided 1 November 2026 26/03375/LBC
Address withheld
ApprovedChange of use of a residential dwelling (Class C3) to classrooms ancillary to neighbouring special need school (Class F1(A))
Decided 30 October 2026 26/01821/FUL
Gobowen
ApprovedVariation of Condition Number(s): 1 (approved plans) and 6 (footpath link) attached to Application Reference Number: 15/04473/REM
Decided 30 October 2026 26/01943/VAR
Questions people ask
What is Shropshire's planning approval rate?
92% of the 119 applications for building work Shropshire decided since 7 September 2026 were approved, counting those that went one way or the other. It differs by kind of work.
What percentage of rear extension applications does Shropshire approve?
94% of rear extension applications decided by Shropshire were approved, over 34 decisions.
How many planning decisions does Plan Forecast hold for Shropshire?
400 decided applications, from September 2026 to November 2026, read from Shropshire's own planning register.
Is this Shropshire's planning website?
No. Plan Forecast is independent of Shropshire: we count the decisions on its public planning register. To look up, track or comment on an application, use Shropshire's own register, at pa.shropshire.gov.uk.
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These are Shropshire's figures as a whole. Put in your postcode and we will show you the rate for what you are planning, and the decisions on your own streets.
Figures are counts of published decisions, not planning advice. Every application is judged on its own merits. How these figures are made.