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Proposals for 500 new homes in Shifnal

BBC Published Jul 1, 2026 Reviewed Jul 3, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors
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Agents acting for Harrow Estates proposed 500 new homes and associated employment space on land on the eastern edge of Shifnal, Shropshire.
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Agents acting for Harrow Estates, specifically Tor&Co, said the proposed site would include a new car park to support Idsall School and the town's football club, and a new 'country park'.
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Agents acting for Harrow Estates, specifically Tor&Co, stated in a previous submission to Shropshire Council that the land would help the county meet its obligations to provide housing for neighbouring Black Country authorities.
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Agents acting for Harrow Estates, specifically Tor&Co, scheduled a consultation event for the afternoon of 15 July at Idsall School.
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Agents acting for Harrow Estates, specifically Tor&Co, stated that the proposed development would include a number of affordable homes, though they did not specify a number.
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Plans are being drawn up to build 500 new homes in part of Shropshire.

Agents acting for Harrow Estates said they also wanted to create space for businesses on the land, which is on the eastern edge of Shifnal.

The proposed site is close to Idsall School as well as the town's football club and the agents, Tor&Co, said a new car park would be built to support both and there would also be a new "country park".

In a previous submission, external to Shropshire Council, the agents said the land would help the county meet its obligations to provide housing for neighbouring Black Country authorities.

They said Shifnal was a large town "able to accommodate additional employment and housing" and had good transport links through the railway line and the nearby M54.

But they said the town was "becoming more unsustainable through outward commuting," and the creation of more employment land would help correct that.

The agents also said the 500 homes they were proposing would include a number of affordable homes, but did not give a number.

The company arranged a consultation event to take place on the afternoon of 15 July at Idsall School.

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