Today (21 March), Shropshire Council announced that it will not after all be insisting that Ludlow spends its £120,000 grant for the new museum at the Buttercross by 31 March (see backstory). This means that the threat to the project, and the knock-on impacts on the Assembly Rooms redevelopment, have been removed. This morning, Mark […]
Month: March 2014
Shropshire Council’s SAMDev plans are set to trigger sprawl across Ludlow’s green fields
Shropshire Council has set out its final plans for development areas across the county, a project known as SAMDev. It is asking for comments on the soundness of the plans by 28 April. I am not happy with these proposals and neither are people I’ve spoken to in Ludlow. We are going to end up […]
Shropshire Council is snuffing out democratic and open debate by cancelling council meetings
As a newly elected Shropshire Councillor, I’m wondering when I will be able to attend my first council meeting as Councillor for Ludlow North. Council Speaker, Councillor David Lloyd, has cancelled the council meeting planned for 10 April 2014. He says there is no need to call councillors to Shirehall, as the only item on […]
Shropshire Council is turning Ludlow’s museum relocation into a lose-lose project
Shropshire Council is turning its back on an agreement to help fund the move of our town museum to the historic Buttercross and create a heritage interpretation centre. In doing so, the council is not only threatening to halt the new museum project, it is damaging ambitions for the Assembly Rooms. The museum move is […]
Ludlow North byelection – thank you
Thank you everyone. I won the byelection by nearly two hundred votes. I am humbled by the big majority. It means that people from across the political spectrum voted for me. It shows that this election has not been about party politics. It’s been about getting a decent deal for Ludlow from Shropshire Council. It […]