Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow North
Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow North
Windows that don’t fit. Gaps between walls of roofs. Dangerous wiring. Holes in walls. Incomplete insulation. Kitchen units falling off. Recurring dust everywhere. Even polystyrene coming out the walls. On Friday, 5 April 2024, BBC Radio Shropshire broadcast interviews with…
Two planning applications have now been submitted for the major refurbishment of 77 homes on Sandpits Avenue (21/05057/FUL; 21/05056/FUL). They give more details of the scheme, which will be the largest investment in social housing in Ludlow for many years.…
We need to build 300,000 homes per year just to meet current demand but we are barely building half that amount. There are not enough homes for social rent to meet demand. That means people are struggling to afford good…
There is a rule of thumb in housing. It is much easier to give permission to build new homes, most of them on green fields, than to bring empty homes back into use. Empty homes are a growing problem here…
Shropshire Council received more than half a million pounds in funding from the ministry of housing last year. The funding was for Discretionary Housing Payments, which help those struggling to meet housing costs, including advance rent and removal bills and…
Shropshire is getting serious about building homes. That’s good news but we councillors will need to study the detail carefully. All developments should include affordable housing and all should meet the highest green standards.