Stourbridge charity’s frustration over housebuilder’s delayed public open space works
A row has been rumbling on between Riverside House in Stourbridge and housebuilder Taylor Wimpey over long-overdue plans to complete public open space (POS) works next to the eco charity's premises.
The works, mandated as part of a Section 106 planning agreement, have been delayed, Lloyd Stacey, founder of Riverside House, said - causing inconvenience to visitors and raising safety concerns about the state of a pathway leading to the organisation which is situated next to the Stourbridge Canal and the River Stour.
Mr Stacey, director of Riverside House, has voiced his profound frustration over the situation - criticising Taylor Wimpey's failure to make good an uneven track leading to the charity’s entrance.
He said the path, which has been left in a poor state following preliminary works on the site, turns into a “mud bath” during wet weather - posing a great risk to anyone visiting the charity which works with people with learning disabilities such as autism.
Mr Stacey said he was "very disappointed that a simple job of putting hardcore on the track did not occur" after works on the site, and he has called on the prominent housebuilder to take urgent action to remedy the pathway before waiting for the public space works to take place in their entirety. He even offered to lay temporary hardcore himself “so that people do not need to wade through lakes and disabled people are not at risk” but he was told not to.
