Local Plan Review – Preferred Sites Consultation

At the end of November 2018 Shropshire Council launched its Local Plan Review – Preferred Sites Consultation. The consultation will be open until 31 January 2019. [Update – 10 January: Shropshire Council has announced that the consultation has been extended by a week. The new closing date is Friday 8 February.] More recently, through its Newsroom website it has announced local meetings in Highley and Bridgnorth in early January. At present there are no details of when a similar meeting will be held in the Market Drayton area.
Hodnet is included in the Market Drayton Place Plan Area as a Community Hub along with Hinstock, and Woore. Copies of the full Consultation and Questionnaire are available, as are separate sections for each of the Place Plan Areas. Documents for Market Drayton are:

The image below is taken from p.114 of the Consultation document and it shows two proposed sites for residential developments, one to the side and the other to the rear of Hodnet School. The text states:

Over the period to 2036, it is considered Hodnet should provide around an additional 52 dwellings to supplement the existing committed sites. This moderate level of additional growth will provide an opportunity to deliver a range of accommodation types to help meet local housing needs and support investment in community facilities and infrastructure improvements where these are required as a result of development.

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Delivery will primarily be through development of a site to east of Shrewsbury Road on land adjacent to the primary school for around 40 dwellings. The balance will be delivered through infill and conversion opportunities within the development boundary, along with affordable housing exception schemes for local needs.

Anyone who wishes to participate in the consultation should read the information on the main Consultation page and then respond via the email address on the “How to get involved” tab.