Green light for major redevelopment of power station site

The redevelopment of the former Ironbridge Power Station was confirmed yesterday when Shropshire Council added its approval of the scheme to that given last month by Telford & Wrekin Council.Consultants Pegasus Group secured outline planning permission on behalf of the Harworth Group to bring 1,000 new homes to the site. The development is also set to deliver a strategic employment zone, a local centre, allotments, sports pitches, a railway link, leisure uses, primary/nursery school, a retirement village, walking and cycling routes, and associated landscaping, drainage and infrastructure works. Pegasus provided the following services – public engagement; planning; landscape; heritage and economicPlanning officers have resolved to grant planning permission, subject to a referral to the Secretary of State. Shropshire Council, the lead authority, will now work with Telford & Wrekin to deliver the cross-boundary infrastructure.Harworth Group will act as a master developer for the whole site over its lifetime; providing site wide infrastructure and selling serviced residential parcels to housebuilders, and therefore Harworth will have a long-term involvement and interest in the overall development of the site.