A DECISION on whether to allow a skatepark to be built at a Bewdley housing estate has been postponed until the new year.

Councillors who will decide on the controversial plan have agreed to visit the site before making their minds up.

Wyre Forest Community Housing has applied for permission to build the facility next to Wribbenhall First School in Shaw Hedge Road.

Members of the planning (development control) committee at Wyre Forest District Council agreed to visit the site on Tuesday last week.

Residents have raised fears that the development, comprising ramps and a shelter, would add to anti-social behaviour problems.