Introduction
The Council has issued an intention to commence preparation of the next Local Plan for Shropshire. A Local Plan is a statutory document created by local planning authorities that guides future development, land use, and infrastructure in their area.
This next Local Plan will establish a vision, measurable outcomes and a spatial strategy for the sustainable development of Shropshire over the period to 2046. To support achievement of this spatial strategy the next Local Plan will include site allocations and local planning policy.Before commencing the formal 30 month plan-making period, we are seeking the views of our local communities, Town and Parish Council’s, organisations and all other interested stakeholders on the ‘scope’ of the next Local Plan.To inform this process, we have prepared a ‘scoping’ consultation document available via the ‘get involved’ webpage. You can access that webpage here.This ‘scoping’ consultation runs from
20 May 2026 – 15 July 2026. Please ensure that the response is submitted and received by the Council be the 15 July 2026.
Please use this response form- answering as many questions on the matters of interest to you. We are keen to hear your thoughts to help us shape our next Local Plan.We believe this online response form makes it quicker and easier to respond and will also help us to consider responses more efficiently, so our preference is that responses are submitted in this way. However, we understand some may wish to submit their response in another format, therefore an interactive pdf response form has also been made available via the ‘Get Involved' webpage (insert weblink). 