Planners back controversial Ludlow housing plans
Friday 21st January 2011, 3:54PM GMT.
Controversial plans for five luxury homes in the heart of Ludlow have been recommended for approval ahead of a crunch meeting next week – despite widespread opposition from residents.
More than 200 objections to the plans for land next to St Laurence’s Church in Ludlow have been registered on Shropshire Council’s website and campaigners have appealed to high-profile figures like Jeremy Paxman for support.
But the proposals submitted by St Laurence Homes have been backed by planning officers, who say they meet the terms of the council’s development plan.
The plans will be discussed at a meeting of Shropshire Council’s south planning committee at Ludlow Town Football Club’s SBS Stadium on Wednesday.
Campaigners fighting the development have claimed the homes would block light through the east window at St Laurence’s Church and have also said it is not in keeping with the historic Reader’s House which lies next to the site.
The site, on land behind King Street, is in the town’s conservation area and has no direct road access.
Members of St Laurence’s Parochial Church Council have refused to allow developers to take building materials to the site across their land, while other groups opposing the plans include Ludlow Town Council, Ludlow Civic Society and Ludlow Conservation Area Advisory Committee.
The unitary council has also received two letters in favour of the application from members of the public.
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Thought this would have appealed to the pretentious foodie-up-their-own Luddersfolk.
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New developments in such a beautiful part of the world will sound the death knell for the quaint, twee, once rural market town.
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I see no problem with the site being developed – it is a derelict overgrown eyesore and has been for many years. It is the type of housing and the scale of the development as proposed which is the problem.
Provided there is a proper archaeological excavation BEFORE any development takes place, and providing what is then built there is suitable for the site, there is no real problem. That, unfortunately, isn’t the case with the present revised scheme.
Equally, it is unclear who will be persuaded to buy houses with no vehicular access whatsoever and which will, given their location, command exorbitant prices out of the reach of the local population.
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if this is true, this is a disgraceful decision by a group of planners who will stop at nothing to ruin the centre of this lovely medieval town. the planners elder generation ruined the centre of our county town.
these plans should immediately be called in by the minister of state and the planners if guilty of this decision should take up basket weaving or anything other than planning. rocky russell old ludlovian. disgusted
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They’ll probably get their chums at the County Council to put a CPO on enough land to put a road through.
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