Council joins opposition to plans for new homes

The plans have been resubmitted and the developer said changes have been made to the proposed way to access the site

Plans for 120 homes in part of Shropshire would be "to the detriment of the area", a parish council has warned.

A developer has applied to build them on land off the A5 St George's Bypass in Telford.

Agents Berrys said the plans were resubmitted with an improved access plan after consulting with people in the area.

But more than 250 people have written to object to the scheme and St Georges and Priorslee Parish Council said the objections "show the passionate dislike of the proposed development".

It said the planned homes would cause traffic problems on a major road into the town.

The parish council said St Georges does not have the infrastructure to cope with the development and the proposed access to the site would not improve traffic in the area.

It said building homes there "would cause massive disruption particularly at peak times thereby negatively impacting the local area".

The developer's agent said their new junction design was better and came after an extra consultation exercise with residents in the area.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.