Country estate looks to build more than 60 homes on outskirts of Shropshire town

A country estate wants to build more than 60 homes on the outskirts of a Shropshire town.

The application, from Willey Estates, has been submitted to Shropshire Council for a piece of land off Barrow Street in Much Wenlock.

The outline application is for a total of 61 homes, with an access planned for the site off the B4376 Barrow Street.

A planning statement prepared by Berrys details the intentions for the site.

It says that while the final makeup of housing for the development would not be set out until a reserved matters planning application is submitted, the intention is for a mix of three and four bedroom homes.

The statement says: “The proposal is for up to 61 dwellings which includes 33 per cent affordable housing provision on site.

“As this is an outline application, house types have not yet been finalised.

“The illustrative masterplan demonstrates a mix of three- and four-bedroom detached and semi-detached dwellings.

“The final housing mix would be agreed through future reserved matters applications and informed by identified local housing needs and relevant planning policy requirements.”

The statement says the intention is for the development to reflect other housing built in the area.

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It says: “There is existing residential development directly to the west of the application site. Development around Walton Drive, Grenville Drive, and Portland Drive primarily consists of bungalows, however newer development in the area is largely made up of detached and semi-detached houses.

“A comparable form of development is considered appropriate in this location and is reflected in the illustrative masterplan.”

It adds: “Each dwelling would benefit from private amenity space in the form of a rear garden, together with on-plot parking provision. A number of dwellings would also incorporate garages.”

The statement says the proposal has resulted from pre-application discussions with Shropshire Council, and adds that the authority’s current perilous five-year-land supply position is a factor that lends strongly towards approval of the scheme.

It says: “The development would deliver up to 61 new dwellings, including a provision of affordable housing. The development would assist in addressing Shropshire's housing land supply shortfall. This benefit attracts substantial weight, given the council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing land.”

Earlier this week it was revealed that Much Wenlock Town Council had voiced stinging opposition to another application for homes in the town - 300 planned by Boningale Developments for a site off the A458 Bridgnorth Road.

A decision on the Barrow Street proposal will be taken at a later fate.