Planning Questions and Useful Organisations

LCS’s role with current planning applications

Each year Ludlow Civic Society reviews hundreds of planning applications that affect our conservation areas. Our committee experts make informed comments to support or oppose after carefully weighing up known factors. We will always detail the reason for an objection.
However, any member of the public also has the right to inspect and comment on planning applications, and we would encourage you to do so.
To find pending and past planning application use the post code or street search function on Shropshire Council Planning Page link below
Viewing planning applications | Shropshire Council

Concerned about local planning or building work?

If you think the terms of a granted planning application have been breached or that a planning application was not made and it should have been then you can report to Shropshire Council using the link below
Submit a planning enforcement query | Shropshire Council
You can also email Shropshire Council to report a breach of planning control. Include a description of the problem with your name, address, and contact details to:
planningenforcement@shropshire.gov.uk

Do you need planning permission and to make an application?

Shropshire Council Planning Portal website offers guidance on planning permission requirements and common projects.
Applications | Shropshire Council

Useful Local Organisations

Hereford Civic Society: https://www.herefordcivicsociety.org.uk/

Leominster Civic Society: https://www.leominstercivicsociety.co.uk/

Malvern Civic Society: https://www.malverncivicsociety.org.uk/

Shrewsbury Civic Society: https://www.shrewsburycivicsociety.co.uk/

Ludlow Town Walls Trust: https://www.ludlow-town-walls-trust.uk/

Useful National Organisations

Academy of Urbanism: https://www.theaou.org/
A not-for-profit organisation that brings together the current and next generation of urban leaders, thinkers and organisations to deliver and sustain great towns and cities.

Association of Small Historic Towns And Villages: https://www.htvf.org/
Uniting amenity and civic societies, parish and town councils in small historic towns and villages.

Civic Trust Awards: https://www.civictrustawards.org.uk/
Better places in the built environment.

Civic Voice: https://civicvoice.org.uk/
Civic Voice is the national charity for the civic movement in England.

C20 Society: https://c20society.org.uk/
Supporting 20th Century architecture.

Derelict Places – documenting decay: https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/
DerelictPlaces is a forum for people with an interest in the history and documentation of derelict and abandoned buildings.

English Heritage: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
Promoting England’s spectacular historic environment.

European Heritage Alliance 3.3: https://europeanheritagealliance.eu/
The European Heritage Alliance 3.3, an informal European sectoral platform composed of 37 European or international networks and organisations active in the wider field of cultural heritage.

Heritage Europe – European Association of Historic Towns and Regions: https://www.historic-towns.org/
Europe – A Common Heritage (EAHTR is a member of the European Heritage Alliance).

Heritage Trust Network (previously Association of Preservation Trusts): https://heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk/
A future for all our pasts.

Historic England: https://historicengland.org.uk/
Protecting England’s spectacular historic environment.

Historic Towns Forum: https://www.htvf.org/
25 years supporting the historic built environment.

The Georgian Group: https://georgiangroup.org.uk/
Protects Georgian buildings, monuments, parks and gardens from destruction or disfigurement by encouraging their appropriate repair or restoration.

The Heritage Alliance: https://www.theheritagealliance.org.uk/
Heritage funding directory.

The Heritage Journal: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/heritage
Promotes awareness and conservation of often-threatened prehistoric sites of Britain, Ireland and beyond.

The National Trust: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Protecting and opening to the public many historic houses and gardens, mills and monuments.

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB): https://www.spab.org.uk/
Encourages excellence in new design in the built historic environment by training new generations of architectural professionals and building craftspeople to shape. We play a statutory role as adviser to local planning authorities and actively campaign to protect old buildings at risk.

The Victorian Society: https://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/
Campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian Architecture.