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ILOS says further consultation "would not be proportionate" as residents prepare questions for September event A Shropshire county councillor's formal request for a proper public meeting on a proposed 130-acre solar farm at Walton and Onibury has been refused by the developer, who has instead confirmed the community's only opportunity to engage in person will be a single consultation event on 15 September. Councillor Josh Dickin wrote to ILOS New Energy UK Ltd on 12 August as

Dozens of local residents gathered yesterday on the fields at the heart of the Keep Shropshire Beautiful campaign, standing on the 130 acres of Grade 1 and 2 farmland that a pan-European energy developer wants to cover in solar panels for the next 40 years. The gathering at Upper Walton Farm, between Walton and Vernolds Common near Craven Arms, brought together farmers, families, business owners and supporters from across South Shropshire, United in opposition to a proposed 2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 June 2026 Walton and Vernolds Common Residents of Walton and Vernolds Common, near Craven Arms, are formally opposing plans by developer ILOS to build a 22 megawatt solar farm on Grade 1 and 2 agricultural land between the two communities. The site has been farmed sustainably without chemicals for over 50 years and is home to eight confirmed skylark breeding territories, barn owls monitored by the Shropshire Barn Owl Group for two decades, and, ancien