Shropshire Local Plan Extension

Coming Soon? More HousingThe Shropshire Local Plan is the council’s blueprint for development in Shropshire. It provides the foundation for planning decisions in the county, such as the sites where houses will be built in the future. At present it covers the period 2006 to 2026.
To reflect changes in national policy Shropshire Council is carrying out a partial review of the current Local Plan with the intention of extending it to cover the period up to 2036.
The existing Local Plan states that 27,500 houses would be required in the 20 years up to 2026. So far about 15,400 have been built. The review seeks to discover people’s views on whether an additional 11,000, 12,000 or 13,000 houses should be built between now and 2036. To this end an eight week consultation into the new plan is being carried out, from 23 January to 20 March.
Individual residents often feel excluded from long term planning decisions. This consultation provides an opportunity for everyone concerned to get involved with thinking through the future.
The consultation document is available on Shropshire Council’s website here, and paper copies are being placed in libraries and council offices. Consultation responses will be used to inform the next stages of the review, and further consultation on a full draft of the reviewed Local Plan covering a wider range of issues is due to be carried out in the early part of 2018.
The current Local Plan comprises the Core Strategy (adopted 2011); the Site Allocations and Management of Development (SAMDev) Plan (adopted 2015); and any adopted formal Neighbourhood Plans.
Call for Sites
Alongside the above Issues and Strategic Options Consultation, Shropshire Council is also undertaking a ‘Call for Sites’ exercise over the same period.
A ‘Call for Sites’ is a request to private; public; and voluntary sector bodies and individuals to submit potential development sites for consideration within the Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA). Sites should be submitted using the Shropshire Council Site Proforma, which must be accompanied by a plan indicating the location and boundary of the site.
Further information about the ‘Call for Sites’, and to access a copy of the Shropshire Council Site Proforma, is available here on Shropshire Council’s website.