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Candle Lane Books 28 - 29 Princess Street Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1LW

24/01948/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 August 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion to 2No. residential properties

Received
3 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Quarry And Coton Hill
Agent
MossCo LLP
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 72 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Candle Lane Books 28 - 29 Princess Street Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1LW. Shropshire has handled 1,722 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 4 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Shrewsbury conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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 1LW
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shrewsbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2024
Consultation expiry
21 August 2024
Consultation end
21 August 2024
Target decision date
29 July 2024
Permission expires
14 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
MossCo LLP
Agent address
Brookgate Hall Plealey Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 0UY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 July 2024
Site notice start
5 June 2024
Site notice end
26 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13063511
Documents
42

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: 28 and 29, Princess StreetOn this site · +3 more
  • Brownfield land register: Princess House, The Square, Shrewsbury, ShropshireRegister 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Shropshire

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