Lodge Farm Lydham Bishops Castle Shropshire SY9 5DR
Decided on 26 February 2026
Council decision: EIA not requiredNo Data
Proposal
Screening opinion for the installation and operation of a ground mounted solar farm with all associated works, equipment and infrastructure
- Received
- 4 February 2026
- Decision level
- No Data
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Bishop's Castle
- Agent
- Gravis Planning
- ReceivedReceived4 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Feb
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Lodge Farm Lydham Bishops Castle Shropshire SY9 5DR. Shropshire has handled 1,171 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Bishop's Castle. We hold 101 applications in total for the SY9 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
- SY9 5DR
- Application type
- EIA Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Lydham
- District
- No Data
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Gravis Planning
- Agent address
- No Data
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Appeal
- Appeal status
- No Data
- Appeal result
- No Data
Additional information
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
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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