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160-162 Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6BZ

SA/05/1655/TREWorks to Trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 December 2005

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Various works to trees to include felling within Shrewsbury Conservation Area (amended description)

Received
17 November 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Underdale
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 32 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 160-162 Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6BZ. Shropshire has handled 2,370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 10 days quicker than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Shrewsbury conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Underdale. We hold 554 applications in total for the SY2 postcode area.

99% of trees 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
SY2 6BZ
Application type
Works to Trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shrewsbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2005
Consultation expiry
9 December 2005
Consultation end
9 December 2005
Neighbour consultation end
9 December 2005
Target decision date
29 December 2005

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Shrewsbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: Boundary Wall and Gate Piers at MonklandsOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: New Zealand House, Abbey ForegateRegister site at or near this address

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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© 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.

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