Maybe. As you can appreciate, it’s taken several weeks for the professionals supporting us to wade through all of this, and try and marry up which policy supposedly supports the allocation of this land, and it will be no surprise to learn that these policies (for economic growth, for instance) do not support taking any land out of the greenbelt. In 912 Ethelfleda, the lady of Mercia and King Alfred’s daughter, built a castle at ‘Bridge’. When considering any planning application, local planning authorities should ensure that substantial weight is given to any harm to the Green Belt. The Tasley proposal, meanwhile, comes from developers Taylor Wimpey and is for 1,050 properties, along with 16 hectares of employment land, at a site south of the A458. Shropshire Council’s business and employment arguments have more holes than Swiss Cheese! Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. This is further hampered by poor logistics from Telford and Wolverhampton where most of the students live. One of 3.5 acres adjacent to Media house that is grassed, and 3 acres at the back of the site that is concreted only. Their arguments are largely flannel to back fill the justifications for decisions they’ve already made. Fortunately – thanks to the extremely well motivated community that supported us – we fought off the residential garden village plans – they have been dropped. This is strong evidence of a lack of demand, as only 10% of the available land in Bridgnorth has been developed at all since 2000. Sadly, Grainger and Worrell, who employ over 50% (700 approx) of Stanmore’s employees, and take up 40% of their space, are unlikely to emerge from COVID unscathed. As Henry Carver has said many times, there is not a shred of evidence that any extra business land is needed. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Our lawyers were right! The full Reg 18 Consultation and supporting evidence base can be found here: https://shropshire.gov.uk/get-involved/reg-18-pre-submission-draft-local-plan-consultation/. The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway that runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. Particularly since their specialty is components for diesel and petrol engines, and the automobile industry is changing so rapidly and moving to electric. The proposal is for 850 homes with business opportunities by 2036. It is expected that improvements would have to be made to Bridgnorth’s infrastructure. And yet in this latest version of the plan, Shropshire Council have inexplicably increased the employment allocation from 28ha to over 40ha (100 acres) but they still haven’t evidenced it, we still haven’t even got a copy of the fabled economic plan! Welcome to the historic market town of Bridgnorth, often mispelt Bridgenorth, winner of the GREAT BRITISH HIGH STREET 2016 Large Market Town. But this is not true. Shropshire Council produced a compare and contrast appendix explaining their decision, and key to their change of heart was : What that means is they know they didn’t follow the correct procedure for assessing sites (in fact they broke the law), and they know there are no ‘exceptional circumstances’ for building in greenbelt – this is a whopping policy hurdle that our lawyers had maintained they couldn’t meet. Agricultural land is worth £10,000 an acre, but by getting sites allocated in a local plan, that changes its planning designation, and thus its value increases to £250,000 acre (even if its sitting empty). After 2036 there would be an option for a further 650 homes. The Cliff Railway or Castle Hill Railway is a funicular cliff railway linking Low Town & High Town, Founded in 1101 by Robert de Belleme its remains now stands in the beautiful Castle Gardens. Also located in the High Street is the Northgate Museum, while on branching streets visitors will find many other historic buildings such as Bishop Percy’s House. Planning law had prevailed! How big are these schemes and where are they? Visit the characteristic Theatre On The Steps for shows and live music concerts. In February 2020 our solicitor sent a stonking 26-page letter to the Planning & Policy Team at Shropshire Council pointing out the myriad evidential and legal failings of the Stanmore plan. Don’t forget Saturday is Market Day, held on the High Street & Smithfield Car Park adjacent to Sainsburys. We then waited anxiously for the 20th July Cabinet meeting, when the next stage of the Local Plan Review would be announced.