Shropshire Greens sound warning over 'huge green belt developments' after council's local plan branded 'unsound'
Shropshire is at risk of having “huge developments” on green belt and countryside land after “an attack on local decision making”, a councillor has warned.
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Shropshire Council’s local plan, which sets out locations across the authority's area where housing and commercial developments are recommended to take place up until 2038, was branded “unsound” by inspectors, who want the authority to address a series of concerns by the end of this month.
The report has not gone down well with Green councillor Julian Dean, who claimed inspectors have formed an “unholy alliance” with developers who want to “make millions in profit” from building on Shropshire’s countryside.
The proposed local plan is made up of a combined 31,300 homes to be built over the timeframe, along with 320 hectares of employment land.
Inspectors' concerns include the longstanding problems over how the council provides 1,500 homes for the Black Country, and the authority’s ‘reliance’ on 'windfall sites' outwith the plan to meet the overall allocation.
