Sibberscote Manor Shorthill Lea Cross Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 8JF Data via plota.co.uk

26/03362/FUL - Full Planning Application Pending Consideration
Solar & renewables

Proposal

Installation of 100No. ground-mounted solar PV panels and control room container Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 9 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 1 Nov 2026, from Shropshire's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 20 Oct 2026

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Documents 2

Statements & assessments 2

PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Heritage impact statement · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Sibberscote Manor, Grade II, about 7 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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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 Expansion Zone
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; Coalfield, development low risk area.
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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
SY5 8JF
Received
around 9 Sept 2026
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Ward
Longden
Parish
Pontesbury
Target decision
4 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Moss Company

Decision outlook

Day 30 of the 56-day target. Shropshire usually decides full applications by day 53.

Day 3026 days to the 56-day target
68%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
838decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Shropshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Shropshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PLP-00005962
Comments by
20 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Revised Kitchen Alterations
23/05369/FUL
2023 Approved
Revision to approved application 22/01320/LBC to facilitate the erection of two single st…
23/05229/LBC
2023 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Roof Materials), 4 (Heads and Cills), 5 (Joinery) and 6 (Brick…
23/05454/DIS
2023 Approved
Discharge of condition 3, 4, 5 and 6 attached to listed building consent 22/01320/LBC
23/05439/DIS
2022 Approved
Erection of two single storey extensions to rear and side elevations; internal alterations
22/01086/FUL
2022 Approved
Works to Listed Building to facilitate the erection of two single storey extensions to re…
22/01320/LBC
2018 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Internal Services), 4 (Details of Exterior Services), 5 (Joine…
18/05267/DIS
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings