Shropshire Council is proposing a major overhaul of parking arrangements and charges across the county. The consultation creates an opportunity for us to reorganise our car parks and on street parking. This post reviews how we might use our off-street parking most efficiently at the Castle Street and Smithfield car parks. In my view, Castle […]
Month: August 2017
Parking consultation – should we rejig Upper Galdeford car park to create more short-term parking?
Shropshire Council is proposing a major overhaul of parking arrangements and charges across the county. I have said before that this scheme is wrong for our town and will damage trade. Parking in Shropshire is a profitable business for the council. We need to ensure that whatever changes are approved for Ludlow, they are aimed […]
Leaking 1,000 litres of fuel into water table won’t matter, says Ludlow petrol station developer
The backer of a proposed petrol station on the junction of Bromfield Road and Coronation Avenue has submitted a new report to support their case for underground petrol tanks. In a submission published last week, the developer’s adviser says that due to the design of the proposed underground petrol tanks, “the maximum volume that could […]
Should Ludlow have a multistorey car park? Perhaps a Hanging Gardens of Ludlow? Vote now…
In the Shropshire Star yesterday, Ludlow Chamber of Commerce made the case for a multistorey car park in Ludlow. In an attack on Shropshire Council’s proposed car parking strategy, Tish Dockerty, secretary of the Chamber said: “What Shropshire Council has failed to realise is that Ludlow needs more parking spaces. The most effective way of […]
Telford, Hereford, Worcester – almost everyone takes the new pound coins in parking machines but us
It will be weeks before Shropshire Council coonverts Ludlow’s parking machines to accept the new £1 coin. Yesterday, I heard from Hereford and Telford and Wrekin councils. They confirm that all car parking machines in their areas accept the new £1 coins. They join Worcester council, which was boasting that all its charging machines had […]