19/05543/LBC — Shrewsbury Town Council

Address	Proposal	Shrewsbury Town Council Decision
15 St Marys Street Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1EQ	Internal and external alterations in association with conversion of restaurant/bar accommodation into a boutique hotel providing bed and breakfast only, to include alterations to doors and windows; remove and replace stud partition and removal of modern studwork wall to incorporate store room into bedroom and installation of air inlet/extract vents above the dining room glass roof affecting a Grade II Listed Building.	Representation
Application Date:
2019-12-23
Application Notes:
Whilst the Town Council does not object to the principle of the conversion of this property from a restaurant to a boutique hotel, Members expressed the following concerns: • Members fully support the comments made by Shropshire Council’s Conservation Officer in relation to the proposals for a partition wall inside the main ground floor space that will be visible from the public highway. Members feel that this will have an adverse impact on the existing street scene in the Shrewsbury Conservation Area and, more particularly, within the ‘Town Centre Conservation Area’; • Members expressed concern that the proposed position of Bedrooms 1 and 2 so close to the front of the property will result in disturbance from the public highway; • Members feel that there are too many bedrooms within the plans and would like to see a revised scheme to reduce the number by one on the ground floor to allow for the partition wall to be moved away from the large front windows; • Members have noted that there are no reception facilities within the plans. With a revised scheme of removing Bedroom 3 to incorporate the re-positioning of Bedrooms 1 and 2 on the ground floor, Members feel that any additional space created on the ground floor can be utilised as a reception area for the guests. Members respectfully request that revised plans are submitted to address their concerns in relation to this application.