Plans for the first phase of 1,000 new homes set to be built on the former Ironbridge power station are being considered. A revised application for the first 107 homes on the site has been recommended for approval by Shropshire Council’s Southern Planning Committee on Tuesday.

The UK’s last remaining coal-fired power station is to shut at the end of September, drawing to a close Britain’s 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity. Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station has been generating electricity since 1968 via its four coal-fired boilers,

History will be made in Nottinghamshire next week when the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station closes. On Monday, September 30, the iconic Notts landmark will shut for good, bringing an end to the UK’s reliance on coal-fired power stations.