Further meetings to take place over Shropshire housing proposals
Residents in Oswestry, Shifnal, Albrighton and Cleobury Mortimer will be able to have their say on preferred sites for thousands of new homes, and employment land, across Shropshire later this month.
Shropshire Council has been talking to parish and town councils over the past couple of years about which sites in their area may be suitable for development, and the proposals are now being discussed.
It’s all part of the Site Allocations and Management of Development policy, which will set out the guidelines for the future development of Shropshire.
The Preferred Options document sets out the potential sites for about 8,000 homes which could be built by 2026, and it’s important that people have a look at the plans to see what’s proposed for their area. Shropshire as a whole needs about 16,000 new homes by 2026, and these proposals allocate potential sites for around half of that.
The consultation started in early March and was due to finish in early June, but that has now been extended to 20 July 2012.
The proposals are organised into 18 ‘Place Plan’ areas which cover the whole of the Shropshire Council area, and public meetings are being held in each one.
The next events are:
- Tuesday 22 May at Shifnal Village Hall. Drop-in session from 5pm. Public meeting from 7pm to 9pm.
- Thursday 24 May at Oswestry Memorial Hall. Drop-in session from 5.30pm to 7pm. Public meeting from 7pm to 9pm.
- Thursday 31 May at Red House Village Hall, Albrighton. Public meeting from 7pm to 9pm.
- Thursday 31 May at Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall. Public meeting from 7pm to 9pm.
The plans can be viewed at www.shropshire.gov.uk/samdev where there is a questionnaire for each area which forms the official response to the consultation.
