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Public consultation promised on Shrewsbury homes plans
Sunday 10th July 2011, 6:33PM BST.
Plans to build hundreds of new homes in Shrewsbury on land which has been labelled as suitable for “sustainable urban extensions” are to go out to public consultation later this year.
At a meeting of the Bowbrook, Copthorne and Radbrook Local Joint Committee on Thursday night, communities and housing team policy leader at Shropshire Council, Dave Wallace, outlined the process for future developments along Welshpool Road, one of two sites identified.
Under the council’s core development strategy for Shrewsbury, it is proposed that 6,500 new homes are built in and around the town between 2006 and 2026.
About 25 per cent of this number – about 1,600 homes – is to be shared between land north of Welshpool Road and a development to the north and south of Oteley Road.
It is intended that about 700 homes will be constructed as part of a mixed use development by Welshpool Road, with 900 in the Oteley Road area.
The proposals fall under the Site Allocations and Management of Development (SAMDev) plan, which lays out plans to build 60 per cent of Shrewsbury’s 6,500 new homes on previously developed land, with the remaining 15 per cent earmarked for construction in smaller developments on the edges of the town.
Mr Wallace said plans for the Welshpool Road and Oteley Road sites were still at a preliminary stage, with the council currently engaged in discussions with relevant agencies on how the developments could progress.
“We should be in a position to hold a public consultation about the turn of the year,” he said.
Other plans include the expansion of Shrewsbury Business Park and the development of a 22 hectare employment site on land adjoining Shrewsbury Town Football Club.
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Why on earth did the council close the Wakeman school when so many new homes are being built in the area? Did they not consider the fact that some of the families moving in might have children? How many children live in 6,500 homes? They should be planning for another school not closing schools.
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why build more houses, why spoil shrewsbury even further.Why cant we have a local referendum to see if the residents want more houses. Goverments are elected for the good of the people, as are councils. They are not elected to justify their jobs. Our hospital is to small, we are closing schools, our roads are always gridlocked, we dont have sufficient parking,there are no jobs, and some einstein wants to build more houses. A well educated councillor does not equal common sense !!
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