Power Station Development
The Ironbridge power stations (also known as the Buildwas power stations) refers to two power stations that occupied a site on the banks of the River Severn at Buildwas in Shropshire, England. The Ironbridge B Power Station was operated by E.ON UK but the site is now owned by Haworth Group. The station stands near the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. Originally powered by coal, they were converted to use 100% biomass fuel. Ironbridge B Power Station stopped generating electricity on 20 November 2015, with the decommissioning process continuing into 2017. The main phase of the 27-month demolition process began at 11:00 GMT on 6 December 2019, commencing with the four cooling towers.
In 2019 plans were submitted by developers Harworth Group, to build over 1,000 new homes on the site of the Ironbridge Power Stations. In 2021, those outline plans were approved by Shropshire Council and phased proposals of the development have been submitted since.
Buildwas Parish Council objected to the outline proposals and have continued to argue for the protection of our current infrastructure and amenities to date. The parish councils original objections can be found below.
The parish council has been and will continue to be involved in meetings relating to the proposed development so that Councillors can stay up to date with current developments and can feed in the local view. The parish council is part of the Ironbridge Power Station Liaison Group, meetings of these meetings can be found below.
For more information on the proposed redevelopment of the power station site, please visit the Harworth website which has a helpful FAQ page. Harworth Group newsletters are available on the website and are also provided below.
We will keep this page updated with any relevant events, consultations and information as the development moves along.