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5 Grope Lane Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1XS

SA/06/1278/FFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 December 2006

Council decision: Permit subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of offices (Class A2) to one residential dwelling (Class C3)

Received
30 October 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castlefields And Quarry
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 Grope Lane Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1XS. Shropshire has handled 6,026 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 6 days quicker 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 1XS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shrewsbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2006
Consultation expiry
20 November 2006
Consultation end
20 November 2006
Neighbour consultation end
20 November 2006
Target decision date
25 December 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

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*: 15 and 16, High StreetOn this site · +6 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    30 Oct

    Change of use of offices (Class A2) to one residential dwelling (Class C3)

    This applicationApprovedFullSA/06/1278/F
  2. 2006
    26 Oct

    Internal alterations in association with change of use of offices to one residential dwelling affecting a…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideSA/06/1281/LB

Source: Shropshire

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