Update Monday evening. Without notice to the town council or anyone else, Shropshire Council decided not to lift the road closure on King Street today. A meeting was needed with contractors as the council no longer does hands on work like moving barriers itself. Instructions needed to be entered onto a database. The computer will […]
Month: October 2020
Covid Watch 80: Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin moving towards Tier Two restrictions
See also this later article: Covid Watch: Cases grow across Shropshire with hotspots and Telford and Wrekin Nothing cheerful to say here as the maps illustrate. Over the last month, the rate of detected Covid-19 cases in Shropshire has doubled. If the trend continues upwards, we could qualify Tier 2 (high alert) in a matter […]
Plans for four homes at Linney House to be considered by planning committee next Tuesday – I am backing the recommendation for approval
We have been discussing plans to build housing in the former garden of Linney House since May 2012. There is a growing sense of exhaustion with a series of plans that have taken more effort than most major housing developments. Yet the scheme is only for four homes or possibly eight. Four if the Southern […]
Castle View Terrace housing plan meets objections over open space and tree loss from council’s tree officers
Shropshire Council’s tree team has been reviewing the plans for six terraced homes and a bungalow on the meadow on Castle View Terrace. Using the language of planning, the team says it is “unable to agree that the development as proposed represents sustainable development.” That is a call to planners to insist on changes to […]
Historic England recommends Shirehall should not be listed paving the way for its demolition and sale
Yesterday, Historic England issued a decision on the listing of Shirehall on Abbey Foregate. The secretary of state has decided not to list the 1960s civic building. He has said he is minded refusing a certificate of immunity to prevent the building being demolished but that is now a technicality unless there is a legal […]