Garry Nicholson said there had been a promise to preserve as much of the building as possible.
The White Lion, on Holyhead Road, has been demolished and is to be replaced by a Sainsbury's Local store, expected to be opened by summer 2023.
The first applicant was ASG Property Ltd, which Telford & Wrekin Council said had applied for the conversion of the public house, not its demolition and re-build. The council's decision to approve the development was under the notion that it 'appears proportionate to the significance of the building' and would preserve it as a 'Building of Local Interest', saying it was 'not aware of the extensive works' that were later being carried out.
Since then, in September 2022, the application from Sainsbury's came in and was approved by the council at the start of December.A letter to Telford & Wrekin Council from planning consultancy Alder King, representing Sainsbury's, suggested that The White Lion was to be 'converted and enlarged' for retail use.
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