'Our roads will not cope if 1,575 houses are built'
Charlie Stubbs / BBCPeople living to the north of Telford have said roads would not be able to cope with the extra houses that could be built there.
In Telford and Wrekin's local plan, identifying potential housing sites, the former RAF Bratton is earmarked for 1,575 homes, prompting protests from people nearby.
David Cooke has lived in Shawbirch for more than forty years and said road-calming like crossings and roundabouts needed to be put in place before the houses were built.
Telford and Wrekin Council said "considerations, as well as objections against planning applications (and representations in favour of them) would now be addressed through the usual planning application process."
The planning application submitted by Bloor Homes, would also include public open spaces alongside specialist housing for elderly people.
Houses are proposed to be built on arable farmland between the A442 and B5063, something which local councillors have said would "significantly change the area."
Planning documents state that their development would have "at least a 10% biodiversity net gain," and almost 39 hectares (96 acres) of green space, sports facilities, play areas and sustainable drainage features.
Cooke believes the roads nearby do not have the capacity to deal with extra homes.
"First thing in the morning to last thing in the evening, it is absolutely horrendous," he said.
"There already is trouble getting out of Crowdale Road, (without) these 1,600 houses, not to mention the ones they're building on the opposite side.
"Infrastructure is important and my personal view is that if they are going to do it, put the infrastructure in first."
Bloor Homes' application will also see a primary school built near the new houses, but local Liberal Democrat councillor Kim Tonks said this would not meet the area's needs.
"I am a secondary school teacher myself and we have a way bigger number of applicants to our secondary school than we have places. It is really difficult for children to get places," she said.
"There is, I believe, a secondary school planned for another site at Wappenshall, but that is going to be years away.
"Where are all the secondary age children going to go if you have only got a primary school?"
Charlie Stubbs / BBCCouncillor Bill Tomlinson, who represents Shawbirch, said: "I acknowledge the fact that the council has done it properly, they put the right numbers forward, they have had it passed by a planning inspector.
"They've done everything proper but my real concern is they've concentrated development too much in one particular area and it's too much for the infrastructure here, particularly on the highways, to cope with."
He added that he believed the decision to build the development in Bratton was politically motivated by the Labour-controlled council, something the authority has denied.
In a statement, Telford and Wrekin Council said "The Local Plan and its site allocations are the result of a robust, evidence-based process.
"A range of options were considered, including higher-density development in urban areas, the expansion of smaller villages and the creation of a new standalone settlement.
"Following this assessment, the proposed sustainable communities were identified as the most appropriate and deliverable approach.
"The Local Plan also provides for developments in a number of other locations across the Borough, including in Telford town centre and at the former Aga Works site in Ironbridge."
Bloor Homes said it had carried out an assessment on the impact of journeys on the surrounding highway network with Telford and Wrekin Council and National Highways.
It added that the cumulative effect of sites identified within the emerging local plan would also be considered.
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