Bayston Hill Substation Lower Pulley Lane Bayston Hill Shrewsbury Shropshire Data via plota.co.uk

26/03897/FUL - Full Planning Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Extension to existing primary substation, comprising a single storey 33kV control room/switchroom building, palisade fencing, lighting, and ancillary works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Nov 2026, 05:13

Application progress

✓

Received

around 5 Nov 2026

Decision

Expected by 31 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 27 Dec 2026, from Shropshire's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Comments are open until 26 Nov 2026

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Documents 12

Statements & assessments 9

PDF SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY AND FLOOD RISK STATEMENT Drainage Documentation · 5 Nov 2026 View ↗ PDF BAYSTON HILL SUBSTATION GFRR Drainage Documentation · 5 Nov 2026 View ↗ PDF SUDS APPENDIX A2 MINOR DEVELOPMENT AMENDED AND COMBINED Drainage Documentation · 5 Nov 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE SURVEY ARB IMPACT ASSESSMENT Tree survey · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Heritage Statement · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN Transport Assessment · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY AND FLOOD RISK STATEMENT Drainage Documentation · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL Biodiversity survey and report · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT. Planning statement · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 3

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; 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 November 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
Received: around 5 Nov 2026
Validated: 5 Nov 2026
Ward: Bayston Hill
Parish: Bayston Hill
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Dec 2026
Agent: Pegasus Group

Decision outlook

Day 6 of the 56-day target. Shropshire usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 52.

prediction

Day 650 days to the 56-day target

67%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

90decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Shropshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Shropshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14867490
Planning Portal ref: PP-14867490
Comments by: 26 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 31 Dec 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

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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