Fewer planning applications were granted last year in Shropshire than in any other year over the last decade.
The number of planning applications given the go-ahead in Shropshire has fallen to the lowest in a decade, according to government statistics.
Of these, 285,000 were granted, meaning both the proportion and total number of accepted applications slumped to a decade-low level. Labour said it will build 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament by"bulldozing" restrictive planning rules, encouraging councils to build on brownfield sites, and identifying lower quality areas in the green belt for development, termed"grey belt".
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