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On 19 June 2018 the Harworth Group announced that it had bought the Ironbridge power station site for an undisclosed sum. The company plans to "''...remediate the site ready for future development and to promote the site through the planning process, targeting the delivery of a new mixed-use development of several hundred new homes alongside commercial development, leisure uses and significant public open space.''"<ref>[https://harworthgroup.com/harworth-group-acquires-major-regeneration-site-as-it-grows-its-presence-in-the-midlands/ Press release, June 2018] (retrieved 22 July 2018)</ref> In October 2018 it set out plans.<ref>[https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/ironbridge/2018/10/12/transformation-vision-for-ironbridge-power-station-site-unveiled/?fbclid=IwAR2vTJ08T2NRRsxH2vydpV5N2Q7u-dXaGBx7dl5_NaxH3IPrdsku1AFnHf4 Shropshire Star 12 October 2018] (Retrieved 22 October 2018)</ref> The towers were demolished on 6 December 2019<ref>[https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/ironbridge/2019/12/06/ironbridge-power-station-cooling-towers-coming-down-today-live-coverage-here/ Shropshire Star, 6 December 2019] (Retrieved 12 December 2019)</ref>.
Following public consultation in May 2019, Harworth Group submitted an outline planning application to Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council for redevelopment of the site on 19th December 2019, which they anticipated would take between six to twelve months to determine.<ref>[https://ironbridgeregeneration.co.uk/the-submitted-application/ IronbridgeRegeneration.co.uk] (retrieved 12 August 2020)</ref>. The application and related documents including objections may be seen at the [https://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=Q2YLFWTD06Z00 Shropshire Council Planning website] and [https://secure.telford.gov.uk/planning/pa-applicationsummary.aspx?applicationnumber=TWC/2019/1046 Telford & Wrekin Council Planning website].
===Telford Steam Railway extension plans===
In 2018 the Telford Steam Railway have released plans to extend to the site.{{As of|2020|08}} the website detailing those plans is no longer available<ref>[https://steamingtoironbridge.co.uk/ 'Steaming to Ironbridge', Telford Steam Railway website] (Retrieved 22 October 2018)</ref>.
==Aerial view==