The area in Donnington where a healthcare company wants a residential home for children. Picture: Google Maps
A parish council has given its qualified support to controversial plans to turn a house in Donnington into a care home for two children.
Read moreThe “temporary” road closure along Rock Road and Colliers Way to prepare the way for the new store began in July and had been due to end on August 28.
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An impression of the new look Lawley Community Centre. Picture: Telford & Wrekin Council/Lawley and Overdale Parish Council
The clerk said 118 responses support a new building but 84 do not.
The results showed that a majority do not want their council tax to rise to help pay for it.
Read moreAn official notice of a casual vacancy has been announced by the parish council to see if there is interest in holding a contested election.
There has not been a contested election in the parish for some years.
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The new modular units are being placed on a former staff car park at the rear of Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Picture: Google Maps
“This has cost Joe Public £5.8million but they should be open and honest about it. It only needed a line of two in the annual report.”
Read moreThe UK-based, family owned toilet and tissue paper company, in Stafford Park 10, wants to add side extensions to its storage, manufacturing and office facility and invest in larger, automated lines.
Read moreA Telford parish council has agreed to pay the cost of checking a church’s gravestones in the aftermath of the tragic death of a boy in Lancashire.
Read morePlanners have ruled that a proposal to use 16 car parking spaces at a Telford retail park for electric vehicle charging infrastructure is not permitted development.
Read moreCouncillors have overwhelmingly approved a controversial plan to turn four properties in Telford into children’s care homes.
Read moreA Telford school’s flat roof caused some confusion for a high-tech laser system used to create a flood map, planning documents show.
Read moreHospital chiefs in Shropshire are planning a massive shake-up of public…
Read more“No-one’s come to speak here. 71 people commented on Facebook, where are they? This is the place to speak.”
Read moreHealth organisations in Shropshire are planning to be able to cope with a ‘super surge’ triple whammy of respiratory illness, workforce gaps and infection outbreaks this winter.
Read moreA decision on awarding a new contract for child and adolescent health services in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin will be made behind closed doors, it has been confirmed.
Read moreLidl says it is on track to open its new Telford store ‘just in time for Christmas’. So that’s straight in with the Halloween stock then.
Read moreA new planning application for signs that Lidl wants to use…
Read moreAn acute hospitals trust in Shropshire spent £500,000 on covering recent…
Read moreCCTV cameras have been installed in a Shropshire hospital’s mortuaries in response to a necrophiliac’s sex crimes at an NHS trust in the south of England.
Read moreNewport councillors approved a budget timetable, including strategic planning, potentially raising council tax and affecting local services and grants.
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Mere Park Garden Centre is the home of Childrensworld Newport which wants to relocate to a bigger unit. Picture: Google Maps
Mohawk Investments is appealing a council’s rejection of relocating Childrensworld nursery, claiming the decision undermines business growth and planning policies.
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The planning application site at the junction of Moss Road/Rookery Road, in Wrockwardine Wood, Telford. Picture: Telford & Wrekin Council
Developers withdrew plans for 18 affordable homes in Telford due to concerns over biodiversity loss and legal implications raised by authorities.
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The Telford & Wrekin Council chamber hosted a meeting of the boundary review committee. Picture: LDRS
Boundary review committee made some key decisions and deferred others at…
Read morePlans have been lodged to turn a semi-detached house in Donnington…
Read moreSainsbury’s has been named as the operator of a new store…
Read moreA project to clear littering and fly-tipping around blocks of flats in Telford…
Read moreTwo controversial plans for children’s homes in Telford have been recommended…
Read moreA parish council in Telford has submitted a bid for nearly…
Read moreA family owned funeral director has been given permission for a…
Read morePlanners have given the green light for solar panels to be…
Read moreA Telford-based wheelie bin maker has been given permission for an…
Read moreA Telford school could get a new two storey teaching block…
Read morePlans have been lodged which could see 16 car parking spaces…
Read moreNew owners of Shawbirch Service Station are proposing to demolish the…
Read moreDevelopers have urged an inspector to overturn Telford & Wrekin Council’s…
Read moreHighways officials have raised concerns over ‘risks’ of micro-energy storage energy…
Read moreAn historic pub in Wellington is going to get a new…
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A new set of maps have been issued detailing the ground-based…
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Eddie Mansfield, from Malinslee, remembers his step-father who was a POW of the Japanese in WWII. Picture: LDRS
Those who remember those who served in the Far East during…
Read moreA council has seen formal complaints against its social workers double…
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Stirchley & Brookside Parish Council met at the Sambrook Centre on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. Picture: LDRS
A parish council was split down the middle over whether it…
Read moreFewer fines have been issued to drivers for illegally parking in…
Read moreA shop owner’s plan to demolish and replace a Telford convenience…
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Application asks for the removal of four large leylandii, an ash tree with suspected die back and one large ivy-infested crab apple
A householder in Wellington has asked for permission to chop down…
Read moreA Telford motor dealer has been given planning permission to develop…
Read moreAldi is proposing a change to its new Telford store’s car…
Read more‘Gull wing shaped’ solar panels could soon be appearing over cars…
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The area in Donnington where a healthcare company wants a residential home for children. Picture: Google Maps
A healthcare company has told planners what it will do if…
Read more‘Overdevelopment’ – that’s the opinion of Wellington Town councillors considering plans…
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Those served and came back home are remembered in the pages of old book being made available by Hadley & Leegomery Parish Council
A unique historical record of 500 service people from one part…
Read moreA council is ‘gathering evidence’ for the possible introduction of tighter…
Read moreA husband’s bid to create a new parking area for his…
Read morePlans to put nine more park homes on a site in…
Read moreA pub in rural Shropshire once owned by one of the…
Read moreMeasures have been put in place to deter frustrated drivers from…
Read moreTelford & Wrekin Council has agreed to pay £300 compensation to…
Read moreA raft of policy initiatives will make sure a target of…
Read moreMigration from other parts of the UK and from other countries…
Read moreDevelopers are seeking to renew planning approval to build 10 houses…
Read moreA developer has successfully ditched a council rule telling it to…
Read moreFinal decisions on changes to town and parish council boundaries across…
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