Shropshire Star

Homes bid near Market Drayton hits storm of protest

Plans to create more than 20 homes in a village near Market Drayton have been met with a storm of opposition.

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Developers have submitted an outline planning application to create 21 houses on land adjacent to The Grove, London Road, Woore. But residents have raised fears about overdevelopment and the impact the scheme would have on local roads and the environment.

The scheme, which has been put forward by Woore-based Oak-Ngate Ltd, also involves creating three affordable homes, a recreational centre and vehicle access.

Commenting on Shropshire Council's website, resident Michael Young said: "The access road is totally inadequate for the extra amount of traffic that will be generated."

Other residents added their protests. Gail Allison said the proposed development 'would utterly ruin wildlife dwellings such as barn owls, bats, foxes, pheasants and field mice which can all be seen on regular occasions'.

She added: "Any developments, particularly of club houses and street lamps, would lead to an increase in light pollution."

Ron Goodman said: "The proposed development is on land considered to be a green field site outside the Woore development boundary. Woore parish has had a significant amount of large- scale housing development in recent years, some of which is still ongoing. I do not believe we need any more such developments for some time to come."

Michael Robinson added: "I have lived in the village of Woore for over 60 years. It is being completely spoilt by too many houses."

Woore Parish Council has objected to the scheme after councillors said it would ca-use 'severe strain' on the al-ready dangerous Grove Cre- scent junction with the A51.

A report on behalf of the applicant said the layout 'respects the character of the site and the surrounding area'. It says the positioning and scale of the plots and the recreational facility 'will not cause any harm to the living conditions of existing adjacent dwellings in terms of privacy/light and would not have any overbearing impacts'.

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