Hodnet Housing Development – New Appeal Hearing Date

IMPORTANT UPDATE – THE HEARING ANNOUNCED BELOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Please see this post for more details.

In a letter sent out to some local residents on 21st January 2014, Shropshire Council have announced the new date for appeal for the original planning application for the building of 50 dwellings on land off Station Road. Originally arranged for November last year the hearing was postponed at short notice.
The new date is Wednesday 5th February starting at 10.00 am. There is a different venue for the hearing from the postponed session. The new location is Shrewsbury Room, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND. Anyone wishing to attend the hearing should arrive at least 30 minutes before it is due to start. (Parking near Shirehall is difficult so please allow plenty of time if travelling by car.)
Documentation concerning the appeal is available here on the Planning Department’s website or can be viewed by arrangement with the North-Wem team which is based at Castle View, Oswestry, SY11 1JR (Tel. 01939-237574 or email.)
More information on taking part in planning appeals is available in a “Guide to taking part in planning appeals proceedings” available as a PDF booklet from this page on the Government’s Planning Portal website. Scroll about halfway down the page to the section headed, “Guide to taking part (Planning)” and click on the second item “Hearings”.
This hearing concerns the original application and is running alongside a second planning application for 44 dwellings on the same site submitted after Shropshire Council refused planning permission for the first set of proposals. If this appeal is granted then the developers will be able to build 50 new dwellings as originally intended.