Whitchurch residents are being offered a second chance to have their say on proposed plans for a new housing and healthcare development in the town.

To give people a further opportunity to meet the project team an extra event will be held between 6-8pm on Wednesday, October 17 at the Civic Centre on the High Street.

This follows a successful public drop-in event held last Friday, October 5, where the community had an opportunity to meet and discuss the project.

Jane Kind, project manager at the Wrekin Housing Trust, said: “We wanted to give residents who perhaps couldn’t make the daytime event last week another opportunity to come and meet us and find out more about the plans.

“We had some really interesting conversations with residents last week and we hope to have more again next week on the 17th.”

As part of wider regeneration plans for the town, the Pauls Moss scheme will join two existing GP practices in a modern, purpose-built medical centre, offer combined housing and care services for the over-55 age group and provide a community space for activities and events.

The innovative project will revitalise the outdated area of Pauls Moss, delivering high quality retirement living accommodation and state-of-the-art health facilities.

Following an investment boost from Shropshire Council, drawings are now nearing completion to put forward in a formal planning application.

Project leaders are keen to hear the views of locals before finalising the application.

The project is expected to take three years to complete and will be funded by Shropshire Council, The Wrekin Housing Trust, Homes England, NHS England, NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and the One Public Estate programme.