good they were too high, shropshire is being ruined by modern development, i dont mind some new houses but on brown field land only and to be lookign the part looking traditional and suited to the area

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great news for the environment

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Good
Hope this applies to Bridgnorth too – horrific plans to build out on green fields around Tasley and Oldbury

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We might as well huddle up together in our future houses of multiple occupation because no one is going to be able to afford their energy bills.

With the massive recession we are being promised marvelous restorations by such firms as Urban Splash will not be economical.

I know what you mean attica. I was talking to an elderly couple from Birmingham who were visiting Shrewsbury at the W/E about the sad encirclement of the Greyfriars buildings in Julian Friars with poor quality pastiche housing, the same kind that we see everywhere all over the country.
The fake chimneys and mixture of different period window types do nothing to enhance this very special part of the town.

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i do think telford needs new housing though but not on green belt, on the sites of wood side!! nock it all down an start agan

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good for us, lets get some scarcity back into the market then i can charge more rent and we need rising house prices to keep the economy on the up

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@Mary – I totally agree. Put all the extra housing in Telford. Then when hospital services have to be ‘rationalised’ (ie cut) the choice will be obvious – keep the PRH and blow up the others like the Canadians did when they had hospitals they couldn’t afford to keep open.

Lots of cash can be saved because the rest of Shropshire won’t need much in the way of services or infrastructure if people have moved to Telford to find somewhere they can afford.

Problen solved :)

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thankfully now we can restrict inapprpriate development in shropshire again without being called NIMBYS

number one on the list to stop is the incinerator in shrewsbury which will burn rubbish and create a toxic cloud

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#11 Shropshire hasn’t got the space!!!!!!!
What a nimbyish comment Mary.
It is not development per se that we should be fighting, it is the lack of quality of the design.
We in this country are so far behind Europe in creating good places to live and yet in comparison to say France and Germany our country is small so we have a greater need to get these things right.

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