Former Shrewsbury hotel set to become town centre apartments

The guesthouse occupies three floors of a 20th-century mock-timber property above a nail salon and convenience store in Castle Gates.

Back in 2016 the hotel was turned into a house in multiple occupation (HMO), made up of 13 rooms made available on short-term tenancies. But four years later, the building's owner was given permission to convert it back into a guesthouse.

Then plans to convert the former hotel into one two-bedroom, one three-bedroom and one four-bedroom apartments were submitted to Shropshire Council in August. 

The building's owner Mr John Brookes said while the site does not have parking, the apartments are "located very close to transport links" and have "all the amenities of the town centre on [the] doorstep".

The application stated the Grade II-listed windows and fireplaces would not be affected "in any way" by the development. 

Approving the plans, a spokesperson for Shropshire Council said: "The proposed change to residential use to provide three apartments in this town centre location will boost housing supply in a sustainable location and is considered acceptable.

"The lack of private outside amenity space and designated parking is acceptable in this town centre location where there is access to a variety of services and facilities, including the Quarry park, the town bus service, train station and several public car parks all within walking distance of the site."

The application and full decision notice are available to view online on Shropshire Council's planning portal using reference number 25/02936/FUL.

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