Telford & Wrekin Local Plan Review
Bratton Green forms the main part of a wider site that was promoted through the review of the Telford & Wrekin Local Plan. This will meet the future housing and employment needs of the area in the period to 2040.
Following a consultative process, the wider site was identified as a draft allocation as policy HO2 – SC1 Land at Bratton in the publication draft of the Local Plan Review which was published for consultation in February 2025. This policy envisages the delivery of:
- Approximately 2,100 dwellings
- 2 hectares of E Use Class employment land
- 3 form entry primary school with nursery
- a local centre
- Comprehensive green infrastructure provision across the allocation as a whole
Following that consultation carried out by Telford & Wrekin Council, the new Local Plan Review is to be submitted to the Government for examination before being adopted.
What is a Local Plan?
Local Plans are the key documents through which local planning authorities set out a vision and framework for the future development of the area, engaging with their communities in doing so. Local Plans address needs and opportunities in relation to housing, the local economy, community facilities and infrastructure. The Local Plan provides a degree of certainty for communities, businesses and investors, and a framework for guiding decisions on individual planning applications.
Local planning authorities, such as Telford & Wrekin Council, have a statutory responsibility to maintain an up-to-date Local Plan, and national policy indicates that Local Plans should be regularly reviewed, with the expectation this is done at least every five years.
The current adopted Telford & Wrekin Local Plan 2011 – 2031 was adopted in January 2018. With the extant Local Plan now having fallen out of date. Telford & Wrekin Council is in the process of adopting a new Local Plan for the period 2020-2040, in which Bratton Green is proposed as an allocation to meet future growth.
Early delivery to meet increased housing need
Since work on the Local Plan Review was started, the Government has published a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Published in December 2024, the new NPPF has significantly increased housing targets for Telford & Wrekin. It is therefore important that sites that have been identified as being suitable to meet future housing needs are delivered in a timely manner. Progressing an outline planning application for Bratton Green alongside the process of adopting the Local Plan Review, will enable the delivery of new homes and employment spaces from an early stage in the plan period, ensuring the Council can demonstrate housing delivery.
The publication version of the new Telford & Wrekin Local Plan Review, in which Bratton Green is identified as part of a wider allocation for future housing and employment growth - click to enlarge