DRAWINGS have been submitted for an application to build two new houses in a Ludlow beauty spot.

The developer McCartney has submitted the drawings that have been prepared by local architect Trevor Hicks.

If successful the houses would be built at the bottom end of The Linney.

But that will not happen if Andy Boddington, who represents Ludlow North on Shropshire Council, has his way.

“These are quite reasonable looking buildings,” he said.

“They have been designed by local architect Trevor Hewitt, who has a sensitive eye for our historic context.

“If these houses were anywhere else in Ludlow, I would probably welcome them – even though they are not the sort of housing we need. We need affordable housing for young people and workers, not large houses for the relatively wealthy.

“These new designs do not change my view that the only option under planning rules is to reject this scheme. A critical point is that this site is outside the development boundary as defined in our local plan, SAMDev.”