Planning permission to turn a Grade II listed townhouse in Welshpool from three flats back into a single dwelling has been granted.  

Powys County Council has approved a planning application seeking permission to change the use of a Georgian era, three storey townhouse in Welshpool from three separate flats into a single dwelling once again.

The property, called Pen Maes and located on Salop Road, is a Grade II listed, five bedroom property that dates back to the 19th century was first built to be a single dwelling but was converted into three separate flats several years ago.

The application, submitted in April 2024 and approved on September 3, lays out a plan to convert the property back into its original state of being a single dwelling.

The application says: “The development proposal makes a positive contribution to the local environment and community.  This is achieved through use of high quality materials, design detailing, energy conservation and landscape treatment.

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“Pen Maes was formerly a single dwelling.  It was converted to form three flats many years ago.  The current proposal will put the building back to its original use.

“The conversion can be achieved with minimal work.  Disturbance to original fabric will be kept to an absolute minimum.

“The development has good sustainability credentials and will preserve and enhance the appearance of the building.”

A heritage assessment of the building, carried out by Archaeological Building Recording Services (ABRS) went into more detail of what the works to turn the building into a single house would involve.

The ABRS report said: “Pen Maes is a known historic asset, statutorily listed at Grade II. The building is primarily listed as an ambitious 19th century town house and group value with surrounding listed buildings, the proposed works will have no impact upon these characteristics.

“The building has undergone recent alterations converting it into three self contained flats. This has introduced modern partitions and alterations to the original domestic plan-form.

“These introductions do not contribute to the significance of the building as a historic asset and are of no architectural or historic interest. The proposed works will remove these later insertions and return the building to single occupancy residential use.

“The proposed works will conserve the building and return it to single occupancy residential use. The works are largely internal and will remove modern partitions and reinstate the historic plan-form.”