Wrekin
Housing has confirmed that the new homes at the Whtichurch Road site in Prees
will not be ready for occupation until February 2025.
The
final electricity connections bringing electricity to the site still have to be
made and these need agreements between the parties; road closures; notices to
residents etc. In addition there is a Christmas embargo on road closures
county-wide in Shropshire.
For
these reasons it will be January before the site gets electricity and this
should enable hand-over of homes ready for occupation in February.
The
delay does enable the very time-consuming checking of Local Connection claims
to be done systematically and thoroughly by Wrekin officers, ensuring the
criteria are properly implemented.
Two
of the adapted bungalows have been allocated directly by Shropshire
Council to persons whose needs are for Accessible/Adaptable properties, it has
been confirmed that the people involved meet the local connection
criteria.
With
regards to the Shared Ownership homes, all six are now reserved. No
applications had been received from any Prees residents, so applications
were allowed from people living within the second localities band i.e. within
10 kilometres of the site, bringing in areas such as Wem and Whitchurch.