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New housing in Shropshire Council

We don't read Shropshire Council's planning register yet, so reports on fields here rely on national data: Green Belt, flood zones, protected land, farmland quality and how close a field is to a town or village.

Shropshire Council can show only 4.6 years of housing land against the 5 required (as of 1 Apr 2025). National policy treats that as an unmet need for housing, which makes it easier to get permission for homes on land well related to its towns and villages.

It delivered 124% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.

The housing supply figures were found by web search and haven't yet been checked by a person. The sources are linked below.

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Key facts

Local Plan
Several plans are in force, one per former district: Shropshire Core Strategy DPD (2011); Site Allocations and Management of Development (SAMDev) Plan 2006–2026 (2015).
Five-year housing land supply
4.6 years
Housing Delivery Test
124% (2025)
Local Plan sites we hold
None loaded yet.
Planning applications we hold
35

Applications for new homes, by year

Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.

YearApplicationsApprovedRefused
2026101
2024110
2022110
2021110

Fields people have checked here

260 fields in Shropshire Council have been checked on Check That Field. These are the fields people chose to look at, not a sample of all the land here.

Likelihood of being built onFields
Low196
Moderate64
High0
Very High0

Towns and villages

See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.

Where this comes from

Shropshire Council: planning applications, Local Plan and housing supply · Check That Field