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Proposed Solar Farm To The North Of Walton Shropshire

26/00239/SCREIA Screening OpinionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Request for screening opinion under regulation 6 (1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 - proposed installation and operation of a ground mounted solar farm

Received
22 January 2026
Decision due
19 February 2026
Decision level
No Data
Ward
Craven Arms
Agent
Gravis Planning
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Feb
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Proposed Solar Farm To The North Of Walton Shropshire. Shropshire has handled 1,171 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Craven Arms.

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Application details

Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Onibury
District
No Data

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Decision issued
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gravis Planning
Agent address
No Data

Planning decision

Decision
EIA not required
Statutory period
28 days

Appeal

Appeal result
No Data

Additional information

Documents
0

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.

Source: Shropshire

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