Developer urged to rethink 600 Shrewsbury homes plan
Developers have been urged to reconsider access plans for a 600 home estate amid criticism from neighbouring residents and the local councillor.
The latest objection letters to the proposals for the development between Preston Street and London Road in Shrewsbury, renew criticism over the timescale for creating access roads to the site.
Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon Homes, the firms behind the plans, propose to build an initial access road of Preston Street, before creating a second access feeding onto London Road after "no more than 250 homes are occupied".
The number does represent a concession from the developers and is a reduction from the original proposal to build the access only when 365 homes were occupied.
However, residents have argued that Preston Street will not be able to cope with the level of traffic generated during the construction phase.
Councillor Hannah Fraser, who represents the Abbey Ward, has now written to Shropshire Council's planning department to register her concerns,
She said: "The length of time that existing residents will have to endure construction traffic on Preston Street is too long, and the access road to London Road should be built far earlier in the development, preferably before construction of the houses begins, but not more than one year into the development."
Councillor Fraser has also called for revised working hours, parking space for the riverside park included in the development, and details of how maintenance of the park will be carried out.
A number of objections have also been submitted from local residents, including Tony Dudgeon who has described plans to use Preston Street as the sole access for initial construction as "madness".
He said: "I object strongly to the developers concession to build 250 homes with only one entrance off Preston Street, on a dangerous 75 degree road bend, without a second entrance off London Road, this to be provided only after the houses are occupied.
"To bring all construction traffic up Preston Street over a period of at least three years before the second entrance is provided, is utter madness and should be refused outright by the council."
