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Lower Heath Farm Lower Heath Prees Whitchurch Shropshire SY13 2BQ

18/05526/PSPPAPrior Approval of Solar PV Non DomesticApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 January 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for Prior Approval under Part 14, Class J of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the installation roof mounted solar panels

Received
10 December 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Prees
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 39 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Lower Heath Farm Lower Heath Prees Whitchurch Shropshire SY13 2BQ. Shropshire has handled 1,171 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 days quicker than Shropshire's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Prees. We hold 756 applications in total for the SY13 postcode area.

83% of outline applications at Shropshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SY13 2BQ
Application type
Prior Approval of Solar PV Non Domestic
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Prees

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2018
Consultation expiry
6 January 2019
Neighbour consultation end
31 December 2018
Target decision date
4 February 2019
Permission expires
18 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 December 2018
Site notice end
6 January 2019

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    12 Dec

    Replace six spans of open wire conductor with bunched ABC conductor totalling 290 metres and replace five…

    ApprovedOverhead Electricity Lines23/05370/OHL
  2. 2019
    1 Jul

    Application under Section 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the installation of biomass wood…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application19/02923/FUL
  3. 2016
    26 Jul

    Non material amendment to vary approved plans in Condition 13 of Planning Permission 15/05563/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment16/03299/AMP
  4. 2016
    13 Jul

    Non-Material Amendment attached to Planning Permission 15/05563/FUL

    WithdrawnNon-material amendment16/03113/AMP
  5. 2016
    5 Jul

    Non Material Amendment is sought to enable a greater proportion of the AD feedstock material to be sourced…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment16/02986/AMP
  6. 2016
    8 Jan

    Installation of an on farm Anaerobic Digestion plant and associated infrastructure, for the production of…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application15/05563/FUL

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