There will be an opportunity to asks questions and express concerns about crime and safety at a public meeting in Ludlow on 2 March. The main guest of the evening will be West Mercia’s Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Tracey Onslow. She will talk about how the commissioner’s office and West Mercia Police work to […]
Month: February 2017
Controversial plans for three houses on the Linney run into trouble over flooding and trees
The new application for three houses at Linney House is proving somewhat troubled (17/00230/FUL). Both the Environment Agency and Shropshire Council’s tree service have objected. They join local objectors, the town council and myself. The tree officer said the application is “retrograde” and is not sustainable. It is also outside the Ludlow’s development boundary as […]
New council tax rates published – Ludlow faces a 4.7% rise in total
Shropshire Council will debate its council tax level for 2017/18 on Thursday. It is proposing to increase council tax by 3.99% – of which 2% will be specifically for adult social care. Here are the proposed council tax demands from April.
Update on roadworks at top of Station Drive – a response from Western Power
Councillor Tracey Huffer and I have expressed our frustration at the length of time it is taking for roadworks at the junction of Station Drive with Upper Galdeford and Gravel Hill. Most of the time there are no workers on the site – except for the operative who sits in a van all day in […]
Ludlow Town Council needs heritage champion to save town walls – they collapsed four years ago today
Today, Saturday, it will have been four years to the day since the town walls behind St Laurence’s church collapsed. Almost nothing has happened to get repairs underway. The town council has missed the 2017 funding cycle. There must now be doubt whether the council can get funding in place by 2018. It should appoint […]