An application for the installation of a garden room at Grade II listed property in Ludlow's Broad Street has been found to have historic precedent.

The Heritage Impact Assessment written by Richard Morriss and Associates concludes that "the proposed garden room is considered to be a perfectly appropriate addition to the garden – and indeed, there is clear precedent in the evidence of the historic mapping for an earlier building in roughly the same location that was still standing at the end of the 19th century.

Ludlow Civic Society states that its only objection concerns the impact on the neighbouring property, saying that 'the wall is not of enough height to mask the proposed building ... we are aware that although unneighbourly, detriment to light does not hold much weight, which is a great pity."

The proposed garden room is set well to the rear of the narrow gardens behind No 26, Broad Street.

Richard Morriss's report states that: "Broad Street has long been recognised as one of the most attractive streets in England and was evidently one of the most prestigious in the town, with grand houses lining it notwithstanding the narrowness of many of the former burgage plots. Within the gardens were, and still are, a wide range of garden rooms and glasshouses."

Among these are "two garden buildings in the gardens of No 23 – a polygonal garden room and a glasshouse – visible from the gardens of No 26."

No date has been given for a final decision on the application.