Craven Arms, Shropshire

12 Acre Residential Development

• In 2024, we agreed a deal to promote a residential development on a c.12-acre site in Craven Arms, Shropshire delivering up to C.103no. units. 
• Craven Arms is identified as a ‘Key Centre’ within Shropshire and proposes 500 dwellings over the plan period of the dated Adopted Plan. The Adopted Plan states that housing development will be delivered through the allocation of a combination of greenfield and brownfield sites identified in the policies map which are capable of delivering around 350 dwellings in Craven Arms. The policy is carried forward to the draft emerging plan as there has been very little development in Craven Arms. 
• The site benefits from excellent views overlooking the Shropshire Hills and an existing access onto an adopted highway that was recently upgraded to accommodate new housing developments adjacent to the site.
• The Site isn’t allocated in the dated Adopted Plan or within the previously emerging Shropshire Local Plan. But it is allocated as a “Long Term Potential SLAA Residential Site” in the Local Plan. 
• The changes to the NPPF have caused substantial pressure on Shropshire’s Housing Targets and the Planning Inspectorate decided the previously Emerging Local Plan was unsound, meaning the tilted balance is in play. This has presented an immediate opportunity now the NPPF is fully adopted. 
• A positive Pre-App Response was received by the Council in 2025
• Detailed planning application was submitted in June 2026