Change of use planned for riverside Shrewsbury town centre restaurant

The application is part of the business’ change to a new venture called ‘Venue 7’.

A letter submitted with the proposal explains that the new business will “focus on wedding receptions, corporate venues, birthday, anniversaries etc”.

It adds that ‘the bar will be open in the day & evening but only when functions are not in progress’.

A decision on the request will be taken at a later date.

The proposal is a one of a host submitted to Shropshire Council for a decision.

Others include an application for reserved matters, which will set out the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, for a new residential care home.

The home is planned for the site of Universal House, Milton Drive, Market Drayton.

Meanwhile a large new housing development could be built in Whittington if planning officers give the proposal the green light.

The application, for land next to Donnett Close would be for 61 homes, open space, gardens and parking areas.

A proposal for a major solar farm has been submitted by Shropshire Council.

The application is for the installation of a two megawatt ground-mounted solar farm on land at Glovers Meadow, on the Maesbury Road Industrial Estate in Oswestry.

It approved the project would supply electricity to the nearby Arla Foods site – with any excess power sold back to the grid.

Outline permission is also being sought for a self-build site in the county.

The proposal is for land to the east of Warrant Road in Stoke Heath.

If approved it would allow the construction of 13 self-build homes.