Land to the rear of Holy Cross Almshouses Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury
Approved on 12 June 2008
Council decision: Appeal AllowedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of 20 residential sheltered accommodation apartments (twelve 1 bed and eight 2 bed) with communal day room and wardens flat with alterations to existing vehicular access, creation of new pedestrian access, provision of 8 car spaces and relocation of bowling green following removal of car park (amended description).
- Received
- 15 January 2007
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 11
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Underdale
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation1 Nov
- TargetTarget Date16 Apr
- DecidedDecided12 Jun
Decided in 514 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land to the rear of Holy Cross Almshouses Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury. Shropshire has handled 6,026 applications of this type. This one was decided in 514 days, 67 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Shrewsbury conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Underdale.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Shrewsbury Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 1 November 2006
- Consultation end
- 1 November 2006
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 November 2006
- Target decision date
- 16 April 2007
- Committee meeting
- 19 June 2007
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed
Additional information
- Documents
- 52
Site constraints
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: Hospital of the Holy Cross, boundary wall and gate piersOn this site · +4 more
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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Source: Shropshire
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