BUILDING firm Bloor Homes says it has fulfilled its part of the bargain over a new relief road through the Longforth Farm housing estate in Wellington.

Town councillor John Thorne, as reported in the WWN earlier this month, said that about 170 homes at Longforth Farm were occupied, passing the trigger point for the road to be completed.

In the same article fellow town councillor Andy Govier said Bloor Homes had to

provide a road up to the boundary with

Relyon.

He added that the bed firm was seeking reassurance about ‘a couple of issues’ before investing a ‘considerable sum of money’ creating a new access to its factory.

Now Bloor Homes has said it is responsible for the road up to the western boundary of its site – beyond that is not within its control.

Mike Kerton, planning director at Bloor Homes South West, said: “As part of the Section 106 legal agreement for our Longforth Farm development in Wellington, we are obliged to construct a new distributor road from the B3187 Taunton Road to the boundary of the Relyon site located to the west of the development.

“Under the agreement, we are obliged to complete the distributor road when 150 homes at the development are occupied. This milestone has now been reached and the road has now been completed.

“As per the agreement, the road runs up to the western boundary of our site. The land beyond this is not within our control and does not form part of the Section 106 agreement.”

It is felt that when completed the northern distributor road will cut traffic congestion in Wellington town centre and benefit Relyon.

Bloor Homes was given planning permission in 2012 for 503 two-, three- and four-bedroom houses and is currently marketing the properties at prices up £329,950.