Houses turned down over vibration fear
Permission for new houses in Oakengates has been turned down because council planners fear “noise and vibration” from the nearby trains might affect potential residents.

Shyam Vadukul has applied to knock down one house, down a lane from Holyhead Road, and build five homes in its place. Had they been built, the closest home would have been around 20 metres from a railway tunnel entrance.
Telford and Wrekin Council refused outline permission. A planners’ report also raised concerns about “inadequate visibility” for cars leaving the third-of-an-acre site.
Blueprints submitted by Mr Vadukul showed one four-bedroom house near the site of the existing Lilac Cottage, with its own driveway and garage. To its left, and behind houses on Holyhead Road, eight parking spaces and a terrace of four three-bedrooms houses were also planned.