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Princess Royal Hospital, Grainger Drive, Apley, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 6TF

TWC/2026/0269Solar Photovoltaics (Prior Approval)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Approval application for the installation of 5,200 solar PV's to be installed on the roofs

Received
1 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Apley Castle
Agent
ZLC Energy Ltd,
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Princess Royal Hospital, Grainger Drive, Apley, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 6TF. Telford has handled 200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Telford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Apley Castle. We hold 233 applications in total for the TF1 postcode area.

87% of outline applications at Telford and Wrekin Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TF1 6TF
Application type
Solar Photovoltaics (Prior Approval)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hadley and Leegomery Wellington

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Consultation end
23 April 2026
Application expires
8 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Agent
ZLC Energy Ltd,
Agent address
Unit Zero Heathlands Road Liskeard Cornwall PL14 4DH,

Planning decision

Case officer
Robin Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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: Telford

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