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Wellington Railway Station, Station Road, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 1BY

TWC/2026/0081Miscellaneous Development (Prior Approval)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for prior approval for the erection of a footbridge and 2no. passenger lifts to provide step free access for passengers between both platforms

Received
2 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Arleston and College
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 200 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Wellington Railway Station, Station Road, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 1BY. Telford has handled 200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 200 days, 21 weeks longer than Telford's typical decision time. The site is in the Wellington conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Arleston and College. We hold 233 applications in total for the TF1 postcode area.

87% of outline 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
TF1 1BY
Application type
Miscellaneous Development (Prior Approval)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wellington

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation end
21 August 2026
Target decision date
21 August 2026
Application expires
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Network Rail

Planning decision

Case officer
Chloe Edgington
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Wellington
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Wellington
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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