A DEVELOPER is asking to be released from an agreement to pay £160,000-a-year for five years towards the cost of enhanced bus services needed as a result of the building of some 400 homes at Warrington.
Morris Homes is seeking a variation of the agreement drawn up in 2005 in respect of their Edgewater Park development off Thelwall Lane, Latchford because “abnormal” costs associated with the site have made the scheme unviable in today’s market conditions.
Although more than 75 per cent of the houses have been built alongside the Manchester Ship Canal, near Latchford Locks, the company claims there is no evidence that additional bus services are needed.
The company have suggested an alternative agreement under which they would carry out bus stop, cycleway and footway improvements costing £85,000.
A report to the borough council’s development management committee states that since the original planning consent for the development, the number of houses proposed has reduced from 485 to 424.
The committee is to be asked to agree to delegate authority to officers to negotiate an agreement by which the developer will carry out the improvements to bus stops, cycleways and footpaths instead of the contribution to the cost of bus services.
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Developer seeks to avoid paying towards bus service
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