The MP for North Shropshire has written to a major housing developer calling for a re-think after thousands of pounds of funding for play equipment in the district was handed back.
The MP for North Shropshire has written to a major housing developer calling for a re-think after thousands of pounds of funding for play equipment in the district was handed back.
The cash, earmarked for play equipment in Whitchurch, was handed back because it was not spent in time.
A grant for £40,000 was handed to the district council in May 2003 by David McLean Developers, when the firm was given permission to build 69 homes off Park Avenue.
The money was supposed to pay for play equipment in Jubilee Park, but had to be spent within five years. But when the five years expired, without the cash being spent it went back to David McLean.
Now Conservative MP Owen Paterson is asking the firm to reconsider.
Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
