Residents in a number of Councils in Shropshire have expressed their anger at the cavalier way their submissions in the Local Plan(1) Consultation has been dealt with by Shropshire Council.
This Local Plan is going to have a major impact on most of our settlements for years to come defining how many housing developments can take place and where.
Now the plan up for discussion in cabinet on Monday has put the development of a Greenfield site as a priority over Brownfield site in direct contravention of its own policy! (see note 2 for detail)
It also seems that due to a lack of staff, Shropshire Council has been unable to process the contributions of many residents making the whole consultation process meaningless.
Heather Kidd added:
. If the planning White paper goes through any developer can go on to this new site and build as many houses as they can fit without planning permission!!! Worthen could then face 85 -95 more houses.
This would have a huge impact on a village which only has 148 properties at present. The Council needs to find the staff to fully assess the consultation and the power to reduce land size put forward.