Former HMP Prison The Dana Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 2HR
Refused on 12 January 2017
Council decision: RefusePlanning committee
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Proposal
Outline application for the redevelopment of former Dana Prison into mixed use development to include student accommodation, residential dwellings, retail/restaurant, business non residential institutions, a gymnasium and extensive landscaping works
- Received
- 20 January 2016
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 41
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Quarry And Coton Hill
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date20 Apr
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 358 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application at Former HMP Prison The Dana Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 2HR. Shropshire has handled 1,171 applications of this type. This one was decided in 358 days, 45 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Shrewsbury conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Quarry And Coton Hill. We hold 1,626 applications in total for the SY1 postcode area.
83% of outline applications at Shropshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SY1 2HR
- Application type
- Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Shrewsbury Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 January 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2016
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 February 2016
- Target decision date
- 20 April 2016
- Committee meeting
- 22 December 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Panter Hudspith Architects 11th Floor Hannibal House Elephant And Castle London SE1 6TE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 February 2016
- Site notice start
- 26 January 2016
- Site notice end
- 16 February 2016
Additional information
- Documents
- 55
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shrewsbury
- Brownfield land register: Shrewsbury Prison, Dana, ShrewsburyRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Shropshire
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