Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed2 April 20253353316

The Old Mortuary, Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury , Shropshire , SY1 1PG

Planning appeal 3353316 at The Old Mortuary, Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury , Shropshire , SY1 1PG (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 2 April 2025 by Inspector Sibley G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition no 4 in its current form is reasonable and necessary in the interest of the living conditions of nearby occupiers with regard to noise and disturbance.

Change of use from restaurant to bar/venue

Authority
Shropshire County Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Sibley G
Postcode
SY1 1PG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether condition no 4 in its current form is reasonable and necessary in the interest of the living conditions of nearby occupiers with regard to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The condition is necessary and reasonable to protect the living conditions of nearby occupiers from noise disturbance, as the venue is located close to sensitive residential receptors and there is insufficient evidence that noise impacts could be managed through alternative measures.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS6Policy MD2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

62 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Shropshire

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Dismissed10 July 20266005338
    Land to the Rear of Darby Close, Nesscliffe, Shrewsbury, SY4 1DN
  2. Allowed5 May 20266004043
    Marche Buildings, Unit B2, Marche Lane, Halfway House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 9DE
  3. Dismissed22 April 20266001790
    Montgomery Waters, Shrewsbury Road, Church Stretton, Shropshire, SY6 6HD
  4. Allowed30 March 20266003194
    Hengoed Fields, Upper Hengoed, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7EY
  5. Allowed17 December 20256000949
    17 St Marys Road and Wheatland Garage, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, TF13 6AG

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.