Shrewsbury Town Council's vow to return land wrongfully sold for development in a £550,000 deal is 'ringing hollow', a councillor has said.
Shrewsbury Town Council's vow to return land wrongfully sold for development in a £550,000 deal is "ringing hollow", a councillor has said.The town council voted this week to wait until after a Supreme Court hearing to enter negotiations with developers after selling part of Greenfields Recreation Ground – a patch of land which an independent inquiry found should have been designated for community use.
"Closing the door on mediation goes against the resolution made by the town council in June. This was that the town council considered all 'means by which the site can be returned to public ownership and made available as a public amenity' and the 'establishment of a process for mediation' as a potential tool to achieve that. I still very much support those aims.
Earlier this month, council leader Alan Mosley said a planning barrister gave"unequivocal" advice for the council not to enter into mediation or discussion with the landowners until after the Supreme Court hearing. Councillor Dean has added: “Some of the rhetoric has got out of hand so we believe it is important to make this statement now, in the hope that discussions on this can become more measured.
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