Homes plan is rejected

A bid to build affordable housing on the site of Shifnal's crumbling former magistrate's court has been thrown out.

Planners in Bridgnorth booted out the application to build a three-storey block of eight units of affordable housing, following the demolition of the building on Shrewsbury Road in Shifnal, last night.

The application had been recommended for refusal by officers on grounds that the proposed building was out of scale and character with the site and surroundings.

A decision has already been made to save the building.