Shropshire Council planners have given planning permission for the demolition of Harvest House and its replacement by a modern 4-storey residential block with 11 apartments for young people (16/00761/FUL). I support this development, as does the town council, but I wanted the scheme to go to the South Planning Committee for decision.
Tag: housing
Vital campaign to save Ludlow Foyer launches on #StartsAtHome Day
Today is a national day of action. #StartsAtHome aims to highlight the importance of supported social housing, including projects like the Ludlow Foyer. Young people have been out in the Market Square today, explaining how the Foyer is helping them get from a crisis into work, education and training. They are telling people that funding […]
Shrewsbury Ark goes outreach to tackle rough sleeping but let’s not forget the hidden homeless
On a recent night, I was contacted on Facebook about a 16-year old sleeping rough on the streets of Shrewsbury. This young woman was vulnerable and needed safeguarding. I advised my Facebook contact to take the youngster to Shrewsbury Ark, a drop in centre for the homeless and vulnerable. Once there, she was re-engaged with […]
Eleven new long term empty homes every month – Shropshire Council is failing people who need decent homes
This is an update on my post last week on Shropshire Council’s appalling record on reducing the number of empty homes into use. The stark statistic is that we are getting an extra eleven long term empty homes every month across Shropshire. That’s appalling when people are crying out for decent homes to live in. […]
Shropshire is falling behind on bringing empty homes into use, denying hundreds of people a decent home
Questions will be asked at a Shropshire Council meeting this Thursday to try to find to why this county has such a poor record on bringing empty homes back into use. If Shropshire Council had kept up with the national trend on reducing empty homes, we would have another 770 homes available in the county […]