Seven months after it was submitted, a planning application to delete plans for a footbridge over the Corve to Fishmore View has been formally approved. I don’t know what the delay was as we have known of the decision since the end of January. But it is good to have it confirmed in writing. The […]
Tag: Bromfield Meadow
Bid to remove Fishmore View footbridge from Bromfield Meadow housing plans
Tesni, the company that is planning to build 215 houses between Bromfield Road and the A49, has applied to remove the controversial foot and cycle bridge across the Corve to Fishmore View. This action follows my requests on behalf of Fishmore View residents. They are concerned that their quiet cul de sac will become clogged […]
Shropshire Council planners have responded to my article “Local planning is dead in Shropshire”
In my article on the decision to approve 215 homes off Bromfield Road last night, I said that I would be asking a question at the full Shropshire Council meeting on 17 December. This morning, the head of legal and democratic services said my question could not go to council. It should be answered by […]
Local planning is dead in Shropshire after 215 houses and controversial footbridge are approved in Ludlow
I have long believed that the Bromfield Meadows housing scheme by Tesni homes would be approved. It seemed obvious from the moment the planning inspector opened the public inquiry into the plans that he would push the scheme through. That has proved to be the case. In allowing the developer’s appeal against refusal of planning […]
The Bromfield Meadows housing inquiry – tough, tedious and at times temperamental
My annoyance could not be hidden in my closing remarks to the public inquiry. The planning inspector was getting a bit annoyed with me too. I had really had enough by then. The developer, Tesni, has been heavy handed in pursuing this development from day one. Their public consultation was minimal, limited to a letter […]