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Holy Trinity Church Hall, Holyhead Road, Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire

TWC/2025/0648Full PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Full GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from martial arts centre (Use Class E(d)) to community hall (Use Class F2(b)) and the installation of 1.83m high boundary wall and railings and gate (Part-Retrospective) ****AMENDED PLANS RECEIVED & AMENDED DESCRIPTION****

Received
5 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Oakengates and Ketley Bank
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Holyhead Road, Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire. Telford has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Telford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Oakengates and Ketley Bank. We hold 198 applications in total for the TF2 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Telford and Wrekin Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TF2 6BN
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Oakengates

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025
Consultation expiry
20 October 2025
Consultation end
20 October 2025
Application expires
17 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
en-plan,
Agent address
Missenden Back Lane Bomere Heath Nr Shrewsbury SY4 3PH,

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 October 2025
Site notice end
20 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
14307502
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Telford

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