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BBC News
16-05-2025
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Tibberton housing: Developers withdraw plans for 85 homes
A plan for up to 85 homes in a Shropshire village has been withdrawn after council planners said it would break local developers are now going back to the drawing board and will be looking to reduce the number of homes and lodge another application, correspondence with Telford council has councillor Stephen Burrell, who represents Tibberton village, near Newport, and had opposed plans by Boningale Homes for a new mini-estate with 35% affordable homes, said the original application had been agent Marrons, on behalf of Boningale Homes, has told the council the applicant will resubmit an application at the appropriate point. An objection to the proposal had been made on policy grounds by the council's local plan council said it would support the delivery of about 1,000 net new homes in the rural area up to 2031, but in Tibberton it would support limited "infill housing".The authority had identified two potential development sites within the village "equating to 50 units".Developers were told by the local plan team the application for 85 units "would result in a significant increase in housing within the rural area and therefore would not be considered acceptable". This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
10-04-2025
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Shropshire housing scheme could grow town by a third
Plans are being drawn up for a 500-property development, associated infrastructure and public open space in Much consultants, Marrons, asked Shropshire Council if it needed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on plans to develop land east of Bridgnorth was ruled unnecessary by the authority as, "the site is not located within a sensitive area... and unlikely to have a significant effect upon the surrounding environment". Resident Mike Grace said: "It's clearly someone speculating on a massive housing scheme, which will increase the size of the town by 30 or more percent." Traffic concerns "It's a scale no one has thought about for an historic market town", said Mr Grace, who chaired the neighbourhood plan group in 2013/14. "The area they are looking at is very flood prone... and the amount of traffic generated will have major implications, alongside other sites like Tasley and the Ironbridge Power Station, for Much Wenlock which is at the junction of a number of roads."The former town councillor is also concerned that Shropshire Council does not have a local [housing] plan after it was withdrawn last month.A spokesperson for Shropshire Council said the previous local plan would be the starting point for making decisions on planning applications, adding that, without an up-to-date plan, the National Planning Policy Framework would be a key factor for consideration."As a result of the significant increase in housing need in Shropshire resulting from the government's National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in December 2024, the council cannot currently demonstrate a five-year housing land supply. "As such, the council will need to apply the NPPF's 'presumption in favour of sustainable development' to the assessment of new planning applications for housing development." Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
