Acton Arms Hotel Morville Bridgnorth Shropshire WV16 4RJ

20/03647/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 15 April 2021

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Outline application for residential development of 3 no. detached dwellings to include access, layout and scale (Amended description 25.01.2021.)

Received: 31 October 2020
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 8
Council: Shropshire Council
Ward: Brown Clee

ReceivedReceived31 Oct
ValidatedValidated31 Oct
Consult.Consultation4 Dec
TargetTarget Date26 Dec
DecidedDecided15 Apr

Decided in 166 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Acton Arms Hotel Morville Bridgnorth Shropshire WV16 4RJ. Shropshire has handled 1,171 applications of this type. This one was decided in 166 days, 18 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Brown Clee. We hold 1,272 applications in total for the WV16 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: WV16 4RJ
Application type: Outline Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Morville

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 October 2020
Consultation expiry: 8 December 2020
Consultation end: 4 December 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 4 December 2020
Target decision date: 26 December 2020
Committee meeting: 13 April 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 8 December 2020
Site notice start: 31 October 2020
Site notice end: 21 November 2020

Appeal

Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3273622

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 15 September 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09053546
Documents: 24

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: MorvillePart of the site

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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Shropshire

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