Highways boss confirms no objection to plans for flats and restaurant next to Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn
Shropshire Council's highways boss has confirmed his department has no objection to plans for a new development next to Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn.
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Redevelopment and extension plans for Frankwell Quay Warehouse, a prominent building between Shrewsbury's Frankwell Car Park and Theatre Severn, were submitted last year.
The application requests permission to repair, renovate, and extend the building – with plans for a significant extension rising up behind the building's existing roofline, adding a third and fourth floor.
Under the proposal the ground floor would become a restaurant/cafe, with nine residential apartments spread out on the floors above.
The application is a joint proposal from Frankwell Quay Developments and the site's owner, Engrailed Cross Investments.
The plans have attracted criticism from part of Shropshire Council and the Theatres Trust, over the potential for the development to impact Theatre Severn.
Those worries were raised back in October.
But the council's highways department does not seem concerned with the proposal, with a letter from Mark Wootton, the authority's developing highways manager, confirming no objection to the plan.
