The Old Post Office Ford Shrewsbury SY5 1LL
Refused on 4 September 2007
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Raising and replacement of roof and installation of solar panels to front roof slope. (Amendment to scheme approved under ref: 03/0938/F dated 16th October 2003). (Amended Description)
- Received
- 7 June 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Rowton
- ReceivedReceived7 Jun
- ValidatedValidated7 Jun
- Consult.Consultation3 Aug
- TargetTarget Date2 Aug
- DecidedDecided4 Sep
Decided in 89 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The Old Post Office Ford Shrewsbury SY5 1LL. Shropshire has handled 6,026 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 7 weeks longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,328 applications in total for the SY5 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
- SY5 1LL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 June 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 3 August 2007
- Consultation end
- 3 August 2007
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 August 2007
- Target decision date
- 2 August 2007
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- MCT Architectural Services 2 Chartwell Close Church Stretton Shropshire SY6 6ES
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Ford
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20098 Sep
Alterations in association with conversion of existing outbuilding into a self contained three bedroom…
ApprovedFull Planning Application09/02037/FUL - 200917 Apr
Alterations including raising and replacement of roof and installation of solar panels in association with…
RefusedFull Planning Application09/00070/FUL - 20037 Jul
Conversion of existing outbuilding into additional living accomodation ancillary to existing dwelling…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationSA/03/0938/F
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