Neighbours' relief as Wolverhampton home plan is shelved
A controversial planning application for a modern four-bedroom house in a leafy street has been shelved, to the delight of neighbours who claim it would have impacted on the look of the area.
Ravi Soori had applied to build the two-storey detached property at the rear of his garden in Castlecroft Gardens, Wolverhampton. But neighbours said the proposed development would harm the character and appearance of the area because it would mean the loss of trees.
They also feared a hedge-row being lost, as well as the views between buildings.
It emerged today that Mr Soori had withdrawn the application and scrapped plans to build the home.
Donna Watson, secretary of the Castlecroft Gardens Residents Association, said her neighbours were glad the application was no longer being pursued.
She said: "Some people had put letters of objection in that were two, three, four pages long. That shows how strongly they felt about this.
Oasis
"I have seen a few people and we're all really pleased with this outcome. We have lived here for about 15 years and it is paramount that the character of Castlecroft Gardens remains as it is. This is a little oasis in Wolverhampton and everybody likes this road, not just the residents, but other people also like to come and walk here."
Castlecroft Gardens is classed as a Conservation Area because of the amount of green space and natural landscape features between buildings. It was built bet-ween 1927 and 1941 by Can-adian-born Major Kenneth Hutchinson Smith as a model "village" using reclai-med brickworks, as well as old timbers and stones.
About 40 residents atten-ded a meeting of Castlecroft Gardens Residents Association at Wightwick and Finchfield Cricket Club earlier this month to object to the original proposals.
