£100,000 council funding pot to develop derelict Telford sites
Stalled development sites and derelict pubs will be cleaned and cleared using a £100,000 fund from Telford & Wrekin Council.
The authority said it would spend £100,000 to ensure sites are kept as tidy as possible to reduce the visual impact on local communities, and to work with site owners and developers to prepare sites for the market.
The council has written to the owners of a number of stalled sites around Telford to express concerns that they have laid vacant, in some instances for a number of years.
Where appropriate, the council said it has been using enforcement powers to ensure that issues of “untidy” land are dealt with appropriately.
The council said it is also looking to try to move some of the sites forward with its £3m Brownfield Land Development Fund.
The fund was created to assist owners of sites where progress has stalled for reasons of viability.
Councillor Richard Overton, Telford & Wrekin Council’s cabinet member for Housing and Enforcement, said: “We recognise that these sites have a continuing visual impact on local areas and we are working to ensure that until developed, they are left in as acceptable a state as is feasible.
“For a number of sites, the council has sought information from developers around their delivery timetables to better understand when sites are expected to be built.
“In instances where sites have stalled, the council takes an open approach and welcomes engagement with developers in order to bring sites forward.”
