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H M Prison The Dana Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 2HR

17/02809/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 September 2017

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for the redevelopment of the Dana into a mixed use development including converting the existing prison buildings (defined as use class C2a) into student accommodation (sui generis), residential dwellings (C3), A1/A3, B1/D1, D2 use along with significant landscaping works across the site (all matters reserved)

Received
12 June 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
18
Ward
Quarry And Coton Hill
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 94 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at H M Prison The Dana Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 2HR. Shropshire has handled 1,171 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 7 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Shrewsbury conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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
12 June 2017
Consultation expiry
23 August 2017
Consultation end
23 August 2017
Neighbour consultation end
26 July 2017
Target decision date
11 September 2017
Committee meeting
31 August 2017
Permission expires
14 September 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 July 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06123405
Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shrewsbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Her Majesty's Prison ShrewsburyOn this site · +1 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Shropshire

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