Ludlow Civic Society has objected to a new planning application submitted for a grade II listed property in Ludlow.

Linney House is an exceptional grade II listed period townhouse sited a short walk from the centre of Ludlow town in a position elevated from the river Corve, which runs across the rear of the plot.

The application seeks to remove the 1980s rear extension and the existing dilapidated conservatory.

The initial scheme, submitted in summer 2023, has been amended – instead of extensions of each storey, the revised design is more restrained and follows the original shape and bulk of the current neglected extension. The extra developments proposed on the second floor have now been removed from the design, and the overall footprint will be reduced once the current conservatory is removed.

This design, says the application submitted by Batch Valley Design Architectural, seeks to honour the original shape and style of the extension but to greatly improve it to make the building fit for the 21st century.

South Shropshire councillor Andy Boddington says "I support this application which will bring much-needed improvement to this property."

The town council has also declared that it has no objection, but Ludlow Civic Society has objected, saying: "The society appreciates the need for radical repair and rebuild to the existing extension, which in scale respects the massing of the original house. In contrast, by its size, the proposed extension destroys this sense by completely overpowering the original."

The application is scheduled to be decided by Monday, March 14.