Ludlow Hospital Gravel Hill Ludlow Shropshire SY8 1QX

22/02263/COUChange of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 October 2022

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of former maternity ward to Class E use (commercial, business and service); with no operational development

Received: 27 May 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 15
Council: Shropshire Council
Ward: Ludlow North

ReceivedReceived27 May
ValidatedValidated27 May
Consult.Consultation18 Aug
TargetTarget Date22 Jul
DecidedDecided21 Oct

Decided in 147 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Ludlow Hospital Gravel Hill Ludlow Shropshire SY8 1QX. Shropshire has handled 883 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 15 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Ludlow North. We hold 2,988 applications in total for the SY8 postcode area.

87% of amendment 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: SY8 1QX
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ludlow Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 May 2022
Consultation expiry: 18 August 2022
Consultation end: 18 August 2022
Target decision date: 22 July 2022
Permission expires: 21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Fao: Mr M Tompkins Lane Cottage Burghill Hereford HR4 7RL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 28 June 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11253346
Documents: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: East Hamlet HospitalOn this site
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 (21)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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This applicationApprovedAmendment22/02263/COU

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Source: Shropshire

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