A town council will 'fight with all legal means' to stop a controversial new care village being built.
A town council will "fight with all legal means" to stop a controversial new care village being built.A scheme for 182 units of care accommodation and a 75-bed nursing home at Hencote estate off Ellesmere Road in Shrewsbury has been subject of a major planning inquiry this week, whichDevelopers say it is"much needed" in the town, however objectors insisted it would attract more retired people to the area and put more pressure on local health services as a result.
"Previous planning applications on the site have highlighted the problematic highways concerns regarding additional traffic. The argument put forward by the developer, that this development would help Shrewsbury increase care spaces, is disingenuous. In practice this development would attract wealthy retirees from across the country.
The town council resolved"to deplore Shropshire Council’s response to the developer’s offer and to fight this proposed development by all legal means, to call on the Planning Inspector to adjourn the inquiry into the development at Hencote until objectors have had the opportunity to consider the developer’s latest offer, and to reconsider the town council’s approach to dealing with future planning appeals.
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