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Wightman Hall 14A The Square Shrewsbury SY1 1LH

20/00376/COUFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 17 March 2020

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor to B1 from D2 (Theatre/venue hire)

Received
4 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Quarry And Coton Hill
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Wightman Hall 14A The Square Shrewsbury SY1 1LH. Shropshire has handled 6,026 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days. The site is in the Shrewsbury conservation area, with 20 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.

87% of full 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 1LH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shrewsbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2020
Consultation expiry
5 March 2020
Consultation end
25 February 2020
Target decision date
31 March 2020
Permission expires
17 March 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 March 2020
Site notice start
13 February 2020
Site notice end
5 March 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08460091
Documents
7

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: 14 and 14a, the SquareOn this site · +11 more
  • Brownfield land register: Princess House, The Square, Shrewsbury, ShropshireRegister 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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