Report of progress on Whitchurch Road site

Charlotte Prince from Wrekin provided the following update to Karen Sieloff clerk to Prees PC 8.5.25.

The site has had power for some time now and all meters are installed. Snagging (picking up and correcting of any small outstanding matters) needs to be done.

The main focus of concern at the moment is the need for a retaining wall around the pumping-station on site. The pumping-station deals with waste from the site and must be up and running fully before any one can move in to one of the new homes. The design for the retaining wall is awaiting approval from Severn Trent, but it is felt that agreement is close. The work of building the wall will take 4 weeks. This means that hand-over of the homes is hoped to happen before the end of June. A further update on this will be available in a fortnight.

As to availability of the homes, the only ones still remaining are two Shared Ownership homes, one 2 bedroom house and one with 3 bedrooms. These homes are not only for first time buyers. Details are on the Wrekin website.