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Pilot Works, Holyhead Road, Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 6BB

TWC/2026/0758Demolition DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 30 October 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

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

Proposal

Prior approval application for the demolition of 2no industrial shed buildings

Received
12 October 2026
Ward
Oakengates and Ketley Bank
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Pilot Works, Holyhead Road, Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 6BB. Telford has handled 2 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 5 weeks quicker than Telford's typical decision time. 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.

93% of all 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 6BB
Application type
Demolition Determination
Parish
Oakengates

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2026
Consultation end
20 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
FOCUSARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
No. 6 Broadway Shifnal Shropshire TF11 8AZ,
Applicant company

Torton Bodies Limited

Company number 00683438

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
14 Feb 1961 (65 years old)
Nature of business
Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
Registered office
Oakengates
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Carruthers

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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