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26/01772/SCR - EIA Screening Opinion Decided

Proposal

Screening opinion for National Grid Electricity Transmission Substation (NGET) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 2 Sept 2026, 17:24

Application progress

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Received

12 May 2026

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EIA not required

1 Sept 2026

EIA not required on 1 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF EIA SCREENING OPINION Decision · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Meres and Mosses; National infrastructure project about 671 m away: Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton, at pre-application.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Shropshire
Application type: EIA Screening Opinion
Postcode: SY11 4NT
Received: 12 May 2026
Validated: 12 May 2026
Ward: Whittington
Parish: Whittington
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Jun 2026
Decision: EIA not required
Decision date: 1 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 8 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Shropshire

Planning Authority Score

7.3/10

Good

#53 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Shropshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #53 out of 296. Only 29% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

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Shropshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

87%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #179 of 296

93%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #136 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #53 of 296

29%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #50 of 296

68%

Minor dwellings approved

350 decided (1-9 homes)

63%

Major dwellings approved

35 decided (10+ homes)

78%

Change of use approved

27 decided

2,083

Total decisions

273 refused in the year to March 2026