A controversial planning application to build houses on public land in Shrewsbury will go back to square one, according to the council.
Campaigners have been fighting to save part of Greenfields Recreation Ground for four years
But the council says that the application from CSE Developments which still owns the land off Falstaff Street is now considered as"undetermined". "In the absence of compliance with that requirement, it was alleged that a trust over the land in favour of the public still existed and should have been considered before granted planning permission.
Crucially the Supreme Court decided that the the trust did in fact survive that sale to the developer. "So far as the ownership of the land is concerned, it remains in third party ownership and any further consideration of that - including any possible mediation - is a matter for Shrewsbury Town Council and the current landowner, not Shropshire Council whose involvement in this matter has been as local planning authority.
Councillor Marshall was answering a question from Councillor Roger Evans who was a former councillor for the area. Councillor Evans was upset that his question was not answered at a recent meeting of the full council in front of all the elected members. He said a press release was issued before councillors knew.
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