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First And Second Floor 32 High Street Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1SF

23/05503/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 8 March 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed conversion and change of use of the first and second floors from general storage and office space to 2no. apartments to include installation of lift and replacement windows.

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Quarry And Coton Hill
Agent
RMJ Architectural Services
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 77 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at First And Second Floor 32 High Street Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1SF. Shropshire has handled 1,722 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 5 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Shrewsbury conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

95% of heritage 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 1SF
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shrewsbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
6 March 2024
Consultation end
6 March 2024
Target decision date
16 February 2024
Permission expires
8 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
RMJ Architectural Services
Agent address
23 Poplar Close Shrewsbury SY1 2UU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 February 2024
Site notice start
10 January 2024
Site notice end
31 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12681088
Documents
11

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: 1 The SquareOn this site · +6 more
  • Brownfield land register: Upper Floors 12 And 13 Mardol Head, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1HDRegister 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 (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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    22 Dec

    Proposed conversion and change of use of the first and second floors from general storage and office space to…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongside23/05502/FUL
  2. 2023
    22 Dec

    Proposed conversion and change of use of the first and second floors from general storage and office space to…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/05503/LBC

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