Shropshire Council has a huge range of responsibilities and services. Many, such as education, planning and social care are statutory. Others are discretionary. Pest control has already been abolished at Shropshire Council. If you want to control rats you will have to hire a private company for the task. Some other duties are not well […]
Conservative councillors approve another £17m for £50m a mile North West Relief Road
At the last council meeting, Shropshire Council’s portfolio holder for transport, Dan Morris, refused to give an estimate of the cost of the four-mile North West Relief Road in Shrewsbury saying that would lead to contractors bidding up to that estimate. Just three days later, Shropshire Council published a tender for construction that revealed the […]
Council Cuts: I will ask council to save the Craven Arms Household Recycling Centre next week
The reaction to the possible closure of the Craven Arms Household Recycling Centre (HRC) has been fierce. I have not heard one message of support for the closure. The plans are not finalised yet but Shropshire Council seem determined to close two household recycling centres whatever the consequences for residents, the climate and fly-tipping. More […]
Planning application for Gather at Ludlow Community Hospital approved
Gather is a new arts and community base. Also does coffee. Or it is coffee with a topping of arts? Its location at Ludlow Community Hospital in the former maternity unit has been controversial since the applications for planning consent and licencing were published at the end of last year. There has been a lot […]
Councillors and Chris Naylor call for South Shropshire residents to help save Craven Arms recycling centre
Since the news broke a week ago that the Craven Arms Household Recycling Centre is on a short, very short, list for closure, residents have been making their views known across social media. Yesterday, Ludlow unitary councillors met with Chris Naylor the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for South Shropshire at the Craven Arms Household Recycling Centre […]