andybodders Big Bang Shrewsbury redevelopment plans are too risky – the council should move to the Guildhall
It is the stuff of dreams. It is also the stuff of nightmares. A radical redevelopment of Shrewsbury town centre between Pride Hill and the River Severn is expected to…
Castle View Terrace Meadow housing thrown out by planning inspector
It could not be better news on a cold winter’s morning with heavy rain forecast for tomorrow. But before you hibernate under a duvet, you might wish to celebrate the…
New £77m plans for Shrewsbury Riverside will starve public investment for the rest of county
Next Wednesday, Shropshire Council’s cabinet will discuss plans for redeveloping the riverside area of Shrewsbury on Smithfield Road. This follows a public consultation a year ago, which highlighted the need…
The draft Shropshire Plan lacks targets amid platitudes and back slapping
Shropshire Council has had several stabs at a corporate plan in recent years. I can’t recall any of the plans having any impact on the way its political leadership acts.…
Rome and Jericho get more mentions in Gove’s Levelling Up plans than Shropshire – its Byzantine
Old Mother Shropshire went to the government to get the county a grant. When she went there the cupboard was bare. So the poor county got none. (Misremembered old nursery…