Welbatch Farm Hookagate Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 8BA
Approved on 21 February 2024
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
The conversion and extension of farm buildings to office space
- Received
- 12 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Longden
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided21 Feb
Decided in 71 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Welbatch Farm Hookagate Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 8BA. Shropshire has handled 6,026 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 4 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Longden. We hold 1,328 applications in total for the SY5 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
- SY5 8BA
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Longden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 30 January 2024
- Consultation end
- 12 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2024
- Permission expires
- 21 February 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Howie Kent and Co
- Agent address
- Welbatch Farm Hookagate Shrewsbury SY5 8BA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 22 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 12 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12639917
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
10 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 Sep
Construction of a replacement dairy parlour and related ancillary works
PendingApplication26/03538/FUL - 20244 Mar
Erection of steel portal framed building
ApprovedAgricultural Notification24/00887/AGR - 202416 Jan
The conversion and extension of farm buildings to office space
ApprovedListed building consent24/00170/LBC - 20221 Aug
Dig and construct a slurry lagoon at Welbatch Farm to store dairy cow slurry. Depth 4.5m with additional…
ApprovedAgricultural Notification22/03527/AGR - 202110 Feb
Discharge of Conditions 8 (Lighting) and 9 (Bat/Bird Boxes) associated with planning application number…
Discharge Conditions ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/00636/DIS - 202021 Aug
Works to facilitate the conversion of barn to form an office; to include insertion of glass elevations
ApprovedListed building consent20/03375/LBC - 20206 Feb
Discharge of Condition 2 (Landscaping) associated with planning application number 19/02012/FUL
Discharge Conditions ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/00531/DIS - 201921 Jun
Discharge of condition 3 (Drainage) attached to planning permission 19/01514/FUL
Discharge Conditions ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/02787/DIS - 20184 Jul
Erection of a new general purpose steel portal framed building
ApprovedAgricultural Notification18/03123/AGR - 200927 Mar
Alterations in connection with re-roofing and repointing open fronted cattle shed, former carriage house and…
ApprovedListed building consent09/00053/LBC
Source: Shropshire
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- Welbatch Farm Hookagate Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 8BA24/00170/LBC · HeritageApproved0.0 mi
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For applicants and trades
Consultants on this application
- Howie Kent & Co Ltd · Agent for this application
Contractors near this project
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- R M W Electrical Services LtdElectrician1.4 mi
- Mullins Heating Limited1.5 mi
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