Date set for crunch meeting that could be key in whether major green-belt housing plans go ahead
A date has been set for a crunch meeting of planning inspectors that could be key in whether major green-belt housing plans go ahead.
Shropshire Council has been told that inspectors will hold the latest stage of the examination of the authority's local plan on January 17 – with a reserve day set aside for January 18.
The meeting will discuss whether the authority has fulfilled its 'duty to co-operate' with other councils – and will be key to the future of a controversial rejected proposal from the Bradford Estates to build 3,000 homes and business land north of Junction Three of the M54, and west of the village of Tong.
Shropshire Council's local plan is one of the most important documents prepared by the authority, setting out where homes and businesses can be built in every town and village in the county.
The plan sets out a framework for where more than 30,000 homes will be built up until 2038.
When drawing up the plan Shropshire Council chose not to include the Bradford Estates site in its proposal.
