British Waterways Birch Road Ellesmere Shropshire SY12 9AA
Proposal
Repair and alteration of Ellesmere Yard to improve access, replace garages and bin stores with new operational and boater facilities buildings, provide flexible reuse of existing buildings for operational, commercial, community and visitor uses, and create a new vehicle access, parking, landscaping and pedestrian links
- Submitted
- 21 April 2026
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- ReceivedSubmitted21 Apr
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is a planning application at British Waterways Birch Road Ellesmere Shropshire SY12 9AA. Shropshire has handled 18,412 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Ellesmere conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 261 applications in total for the SY12 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SY12 9AA
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Ellesmere
- Listed building: Grade II*: Beech House British Waterways Board Canal Maintenance Depot, Beech House (Nos. 2-6), Shro…On or next to 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 (20)
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, 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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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© 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.
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Shropshire
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For applicants and trades
Before the decision
You may need a heritage statement. Heritage & archaeology consultants near this site
A listed building is on or next to this site.
Consultants on this application
- Savills (UK) Ltd · Agent for this application
- 0.3 miEllesmereRTPI
- 16.3 miShrewsburyRTPIRICS Regulated
- 18.9 miChesterRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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- KMS Electrical Solutions LtdElectrician0.2 mi
- Princes LHS LimitedPlumber & Heating EngineerSolar Panel Installer0.4 mi
- Dsmart Electrical LtdElectricianSolar Panel Installer0.4 mi
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