Decisions made by Central planning committee on 18 January 2018

The following decisions were made by Shropshire Council’s Central planning committee at its meeting at Shirehall, Shrewsbury on Thursday 18 January 2018.

• Land between Preston Street and London Road, Shrewsbury (17/01612/OUT) Hybrid planning application for a residential development of up to 600 dwellings, access, footpath/cycleways, public open space, landscaping and associated drainage and development infrastructure: comprising FULL application for 353 dwellings, access from Preston Street, access from London Road and spine road, footpaths/cycleways, public open space, landscaping, demolition of existing buildings and associated infrastructure; and OUTLINE submission for (up to) 247 dwellings, footpath/cycleways, public open space, landscaping and associated development infrastructure (amended description). Decision: That consideration of the application be deferred to a future meeting of this committee for further clarification in relation to the highway data in the Transport Assessment submitted by the applicant.
• Proposed concierge glamping site at Hencote Farm, Cross Hill, Shrewsbury (17/04363/FUL) Creation of a concierge 10 unit glamping site for tourism and leisure operation (using previously approved vehicular access); formation of car parking area. Decision: That planning permission be granted as per the officer’s recommendation subject to: The conditions as set out in Appendix 1 of the report; the following amendment to Condition 8 – the wording ‘in the succeeding year’ to be replaced with ‘annually’; and the following amendment to Condition 9 – the word ‘lodges’ to be replaced with ‘units’.

For further information relating to the decisions go to our online planning register and search for the application by using the reference number or keyword.