Plans to knock down part of a former jail and now Shrewsbury tourist attraction have been lodged with Shropshire Council this week.
Applicants Shrewsbury Prison Ltd want to demolish part of a 1970s-era former workshop and education block on the Dana prison site to make way for a future development.
In November last year, the company announced plans to build a 20-bedroom “boutique” hotel alongside the addition of conferencing facilities on the 230-year-old site. Shrewsbury prison was decommissioned in 2013 and sold to a private developer, prior to a number of development schemes being brought forward for the site. It currently operates as a tourist attraction and is also rented out as a filming location.
The purchase of the section of the site which includes the building subject to the application was completed by Shrewsbury Prison Ltd in 2023, a statement submitted with the application confirms.'I knew I had to have him': Joy around the country as rescue dog finds new home after three years in kennels
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