St. Johns Hill Methodist Church St. Johns Hill Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1JQ
Refused on 5 April 2006
Council decision: RefusePlanning committee
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Proposal
Change of use of church into restaurant (Use Class A3) and bar (Use Class A4) and associated alterations
- Received
- 13 February 2006
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 40
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Castlefields And Quarry
- ReceivedReceived13 Feb
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation7 Mar
- TargetTarget Date10 Apr
- DecidedDecided5 Apr
Decided in 51 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at St. Johns Hill Methodist Church St. Johns Hill Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1JQ. Shropshire has handled 6,026 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 9 days 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. We hold 1,626 applications in total for the SY1 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
- SY1 1JQ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shrewsbury Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2006
- Consultation expiry
- 7 March 2006
- Consultation end
- 7 March 2006
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 March 2006
- Target decision date
- 10 April 2006
- Committee meeting
- 4 April 2006
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 30
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shrewsbury
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200622 Dec
Provision of 5 residential car parking spaces for use in association with residential conversion of adjacent…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationSA/06/1751/F - 200629 Sep
Alterations to roof in association with conversion of church into residential dwellings
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationSA/06/1409/CA - 200629 Sep
Change of use of former methodist church into residential, providing 6 apartments with associated alterations…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationSA/06/1408/F - 200610 Apr
Change of use of existing church into restaurant (Class A3) with ancillary bar and closing hours 10.30 p.m on…
RefusedFull Planning ApplicationSA/06/0548/F
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