Former Council Offices Westgate Bridgnorth Shropshire
Refused on 20 January 2021
Council decision: RefusePlanning committee
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Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings; erection of mixed residential scheme of 30 dwellings; highway works; landscaping scheme to include felling of trees; all associated works
- Received
- 3 June 2020
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 26
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Bridgnorth West And Tasley
- ReceivedReceived3 Jun
- ValidatedValidated3 Jun
- Consult.Consultation7 Jan
- TargetTarget Date2 Sep
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 231 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Council Offices Westgate Bridgnorth Shropshire. Shropshire has handled 6,026 applications of this type. This one was decided in 231 days, 27 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Bridgnorth West And Tasley.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 30
- Parish
- Bridgnorth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 June 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 7 January 2021
- Consultation end
- 7 January 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 January 2021
- Target decision date
- 2 September 2020
- Committee meeting
- 19 January 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Fao:Mr M Gibson 83 Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 2ER
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 June 2020
- Site notice start
- 4 June 2020
- Site notice end
- 25 June 2020
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08694868
- Documents
- 84
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Shropshire Council Offices, Westgate, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 5AARegister site at or near this address
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Shropshire
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