Senior reporter for the Shropshire Star focusing on Shrewsbury.
A controversial plan for an 83-bed Travelodge next to an important historic house and mansion in Shrewsbury remains "problematic and unsuitable", according to a heritage organisation.Shrewsbury Civic Society has reconsidered the project for a large hotel and retail complex in Barker Street after fresh designs were recently made public.
"The absence of a meaningful masterplan which addresses this restoration in the area behind the Travelodge and along Hill's Lane is problematic," he said. "It could be reasonably argued that development along Barker Street is 'phase 1' in a process that would ultimately lead to further 'urban repair' on the rest of the site. However, planning for that future development in the form of a masterplan should in our view have been integral to this application. An iterative masterplan drawing for the development of the rest of the site, as part of this application would have been a useful indication of general intent.
"The current landscaping proposals only really have meaning in the immediate area between the proposed Travelodge and Rowley's House along Barker Street. The creation of a new public space behind the Travelodge, in effect an enlarged 'New Ship Inn Yard, for which we and others have argued should inform the nature of the landscaping here and along Hill's Lane.
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