A by-elections Super Thursday is in the offing in Telford as 14 candidates representing six parties battle for just three seats.
The by-elections in St George’s, Wellington and Oakengates will be held on Thursday, November 20, with Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fielding candidates in all three seats.
Read moreCuts and ‘efficiencies’ of more than £4million will be needed at Telford & Wrekin Council over the next five months if it is to stay within budget, a report reveals.
Officials at the Labour controlled council have forecast a massive further increase in care costs for elderly people which they say has been identified in the last three months.
Read moreAn ombudsman has thrown out a woman’s complaint that Telford & Wrekin Council had failed to consider her circumstances before taking court action over years of council tax arrears.
Court action was initiated against the woman, referred to as ‘Mrs X’, and she took her complaint about the council’s pursuit of “significant council tax arrears” from 2009 to 2024 to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
Read moreA 70-bed care home can be added to a big new development in Newport as long as 20 conditions are met, planners have decided.
Space has been found for the specialist dementia care units at a site that is already being developed for a retirement village on land off Palisade Close
Read moreTown councillors are promising to ‘light up Wellington’ with all-new Christmas illuminations this year.
The Shropshire town’s council has an increased budget of £27,500 to spend on putting on a modern show with changeable coloured lights as it looks to get people in the Christmas spirit across the centre of Wellington, Arleston, Brooklands and Shawbirch.
Read moreA Telford family who wanted to build a timber outdoor office to create some extra space were shocked to find their planning application rejected.
Mrs Smith said: “It’s a nice building. I don’t see how it’s going to negatively affect anything. This is Dawley.”
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A shelter at one of the bus stops in Tibberton is looked after by one of the villagers. Picture; LDRS
A parish council leader is ‘very happy’ that concerns about the last bus from Newport to Tibberton and Cherrington being too early in the afternoon have been listened to.
Telford & Wrekin Council recently announced that its Travel Telford 103 service timetable has been changed to add a 5pm bus from Newport amid a raft of tweaks to the six services that the council runs across the borough.
Read morePlans have been lodged for the next 135 homes to be built as part of a 1,100-dwellings development on the outskirts of Telford.
Planning agent Roebuck Planning, based in Milton Keyes, has told Telford & Wrekin Council that the application makes provision for 24 per cent of the homes to be classified as “affordable”.
Read moreA man who claimed that Telford & Wrekin Council ‘wrongly’ made him and his family homeless has been advised to take the issue to the courts.
The man, known as Mr X, went to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman claiming that there had been a mix up over three offers of accommodation from the council.
Read moreEnvironmental consultants have told planners how pollution risks can be mitigated at a 30-year-old petrol station site which is set to be demolished and rebuilt.
Examination of ground at the site found evidence of one historic leak which it linked to the HGV refuelling part of the site.
Read moreA digital advertising display can’t be added to a Newport petrol station because it would “introduce a modern, visually assertive feature” into a “sensitive historic setting,” planners have decided.
The applicant’s agent and Telford & Wrekin Council’s planners have a different opinion on what its impact would be on Newport’s Conservation Area.
Read moreDevelopers of a high profile housing site have been told that they should not use holly bushes around a children’s play area because of the festive plant’s thorns.
Planning officials at Shropshire Council have spiked some of the proposed details behind the redevelopment of part of the Ironbridge Power Station site, including for a play area.
Read moreA planning statement submitted by Libre Solutions on behalf of Global Media Group says Street Hub is a partnership with BT that provide ultra fast public and encrypted Wi-Fi, enables rapid devise charging through secure power only USB ports, permits free calls and displays community and emergency awareness messaging.
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Meetings of the licensing committee and the regulatory committee were held in Telford on Monday, October 20, 2025. Picture: LDRS
Last time the public in Telford were asked for their views on the licensing of pubs, clubs and events the council received just one single, solitary, lonely response, a meeting heard.
Licensing policies have to be reviewed every five years and set out the rules Telford & Wrekin Council has on who can hold a booze licence, which premises can be used to sell intoxicating liquors, and the granting of permits for music and other events.
Read moreCouncil officers have acted within weeks after receiving a complaint that a residential property in Telford is allegedly being used for the unauthorised operation of a business.
The council says the allegation is that there has been the “unauthorised operation of a business from a residential property”.
Read moreA care provider wants to change a seven-bedroom house in Telford into a children’s residential home without going through the full planning application process.
Reward Chitura, of Cynosure HCS, has applied to Telford & Wrekin Council for a Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed change of use of the property in Dudmaston, Hollinswood.
Read moreRules governing wheelchair-friendly private hire vehicles in Telford have been eased after councillors heard there are only 14 operating in the borough.
Read moreFire service leaders in Shropshire have cancelled a popular fundraising Christmas event as budget pressures loom for the organisation.
Read moreCouncillor Fiona Doran (Donnington West Ward), chairing the meeting said: “I don’t feel comfortable standing at bus stops where someone’s had a pee.”
Read moreNuplace, the housing company owned by Telford & Wrekin Council, wants to build 37 homes at Brandon Avenue in Admaston, on land owned by the council behind the Shawbirch Medical Centre.
Read moreBy lodging a proposal for a ‘minor’ issue they hope to avoid the delays they would get if it were included as just a part of a ‘major’ plan.
Read moreThree seats are available, one at Oakengates Town Council, one at St George’s & Priorslee Parish Council, and another one at Wellington Town Council.
Read moreA house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Wellington is set to be demolished after the owner found problems with the foundations.
Read moreA community campaigner in Telford called for action to get speed indicator devices (SIDs) working after telling a council committee that new solar powered ones are ‘too heavy for posts.’
Read moreCllr says the signs “…are inadequate – I’m sure they’ve got bigger signs in Trumpton.”
Read moreTelford’s licensing officers will be able to stop and, where necessary, suspend any Wolverhampton licensed vehicles that are found to be unsafe or potentially dangerous.
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Wellington Town Councillors Giles Luter, left, with Councillor Paul Davis pictured outside the former Halifax building after the Tuesday's meeting. Picture: LDRS
Councillor Paul Davis (Labour, Park Ward) made the announcement at the full council meeting on Tuesday, October 14.
Read moreThe Bridge Inn, at Lower Bar was taken over by Wellington’s Rowton Brewery earlier this year and was closed for works to take place.
Read moreThe council slapped an enforcement notice on the property, ordering it to be returned to its previous built condition.
Read moreSurprise as road closes with ‘one day’s notice’ for ‘experiment’
Read moreOver 23,000 tonnes of potatoes for Walkers Crisps and 4,000 tonnes of potatoes for Kettle Foods are grown at the farm.
Read moreThe proposal is to convert the pub into four dwellings and includes a two-storey rear extension after the demolition of a toilet building.
Read moreSome 7,020 adult victims in the borough have experienced domestic abuse at some point in the last year, the council estimates.
Read moreA property owner who claimed that he was being ‘discriminated’ against when planners slapped an enforcement notice on a Wellington shop’s UPVC windows has lost his case at appeal.
Read moreCouncillors were told that the total number of fires attended across April, May and June was 323, an increase of 19.1 per cent which was pushed up by a 22.5 per cent increase in refuse-related fires.
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Chris Turley's legacy lives on at Hollinswood & Randlay Valley. Picture: Hollinswood & Randlay Parish Council
Members of Chris Turley’s family and friends were present at the ceremony in Randlay Valley on Saturday, September 27th to remember the work of the former councillor, who was also chairman of The Friends of Hollinswood and Randlay Valley.
Read more“And from what I have seen new tenants of the £900-£960 per month Nuplace properties at the iconic Grade II-listed Gower in St Georges are in for a treat.”
Read moreThe contract that was run by Shropdoc is being handed over to Health Hero – formerly known as Medvivo – with a start date of Wednesday, October 1.
Read moreResidents have been given the chance to call for elections to be held in two seats following the death of a respected Telford councillor.
Read moreThe Government announced earlier this month that Shropshire had secured a place in the first phase of a National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Program but Telford and Wrekin was not selected.
Read moreA charitable trust which provides services to more than 9,000 households has been judged to be in the top 25 per cent of housing organisations nationally for dealing with issues like anti-social behaviour.
Read moreEcologists are concerned about the removal of a 19m section of hedgerow in Telford by Severn Trent Water for temporary access to the Rodway Water Treatment Works.
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Holy Trinity Church in Oakengates has a church hall which is set to become a new 'community hall'. Picture: Google
Elite Investments Limited is seeking to transform the Holy Trinity Church Hall in Telford into a community hall, moving away from its current martial arts centre use. The planning application includes requests for a new boundary fence, wall, and disabled facilities, aiming to enhance community accessibility and safety while preserving local heritage.
Read moreVillagers in Telford have been urged to use their local bus or lose it by a parish councillor who is passionate about public transport.
Read moreThe Local Democracy Reporting Service took the opportunity to ask members of The Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals NHS Trust and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (Shropcom) what they thought about Trumps statement.
Read moreThe report says the council has seen a 24 per cent reduction in anti-social behaviour in the last 12 months and its work continues.
Read moreSaTH says it has a “robust process ensuring that all pay remains in line with contractual guidance.”
Read more“We feel that the simple ramp, hump and grind bar design proposed does not have enough character or challenges for users, as it is clear that children in the local area really enjoy skateboarding.”
Read moreEvery year around 360 children start smoking and more than 1,900 young people in Telford and Wrekin aged 11-17 years are estimated to have experimented with vaping in 2023.
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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 assets as they seek to reduce a £114 million maintenance…
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