A total of 128 appeals were made against Shropshire Council’s planning decisions in the last 12 months, but just 18% of these were allowed, latest figures show.
Two Shropshire Councillors are calling on Shropshire Council to plough more of their windfall profits from planning fees back into the ailing planning system.
Oswestry hillfort campaigners are to stage a demonstration at Shirehall, Shrewsbury, as councillors arrive to ratify SAMDev, Shropshire’s planning blueprint to 2026.
A specialist planning lawyer has met with campaigners to discuss the prospect of legal action against development affecting the setting of Old Oswestry hillfort.
Campaigners say new doubts hang over Shropshire Council’s handling of proposed housing by Old Oswestry hillfort as planners come under fire for alleged misuse of delegated powers.
Telford & Wrekin Council’s leader will be writing today to the Secretary of State for Local Government and Communities to ask for an urgent meeting to discuss the effects of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on local housing applications.