Telford & Wrekin Councillor Paul Davis speaking at Monday's meeting. Picture: Worcestershire County Council
A police commissioner has hit back after councillors criticised him over changes to the working hours of PCSOs. John Campion,…
Read moreCouncil confirms it remains ‘within budget’ as social care costs forecast to rise by £5.6 million. Telford & Wrekin Council…
Read moreA controversial gypsy/traveller site near Telford has been approved despite many residents raising concerns. Mr J Horton submitted plans for…
Read moreA homeowner’s second attempt to win permission for an eco-friendly heating system has again been rejected by council planners. Planners…
Read moreOperators of automatic washing machines at a Morrisons supermarket have been told to switch them off overnight to protect the…
Read moreResidents told a public meeting their fears about heavy lorries using rural lanes when a busy A-road is closed for…
Read moreAn unused car park of a long-lost pub could get a new lease of life under plans lodged with a…
Read moreOpening hours at Wellington market have been ‘clarified’ as part of a public consultation into its refurbishment. Telford & Wrekin…
Read moreA homeowner alleging that a council was ‘excessive’ in ordering him to replace uPVC windows with wooden ones will have…
Read moreBus services in Telford are set to see a ‘raft of improvements’ after a new contractor was appointed, says Telford…
Read moreA major row over a Telford solar farm has been reignited over a seemingly innocuous new planning application. The 30MW…
Read moreFinancial experts at Telford & Wrekin Council have set out what they think will happen with the economy and interest…
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Pictured, from left, Councillor Kevin Connor, chairman of Ercall Magna Parish Council, Councillor Ray Wickson, who chairs Shropshire Association of Local Councils, and Councillor Allan Wilson of Edgmond Parish Council and the vice-chair of SALC Picture: LDRS
Parish councils keep judicial review option open as concern grows over boundary changes Disquiet is growing over plans that could…
Read moreOrganisers of a major Telford event showcasing the best of African and African-Caribbean cultures appealed to a council for help…
Read moreA ‘third party’ is believed to be ‘illegally discharging’ material into a much-loved Telford brook, a water company has said….
Read moreA retrospective plan for two mobile homes at a proposed traveller site in the Telford countryside has been recommended for…
Read moreA leading councillor is not supporting a key nature recovery strategy because in his view local plan proposals for thousands…
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Dan Roycroft, secondary headteacher at HLC speaking at Hadley & Leegomery Parish Council. Picture: LDRS
A headteacher has “opened a conversation” with a parish council over keeping its library open. Dan Roycroft, the secondary school…
Read moreA Newport councillor has called for action to stop noisy unlicensed scrap metal collectors from operating. Councillor Peter Scott says…
Read moreA councillor who estimates that she uses taxis (Private Hire Vehicles – Ed) 1,500 times a year has been in…
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Telford & Wrekin Council had been assured by a specialist school where the girl was that there were “no difficulties meeting the provision set out in the EHC Plan.” Photo by Louis Bauer: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-hands-249360/
Telford & Wrekin Council has been told that it carries the can if a school working on its behalf to…
Read moreProfits at a council-owned housing company have grown by 18 per cent in the last year, a report to a…
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Meese Farming of Lilleshall, has applied for permission to build four poultry units on a parcel of arable land north of Blackbrook Cottages, Edgmond
Harper Adams University has spoken out after a claim was made that it had ‘expressed strong support’ for a £6million…
Read moreThe NHS in Shropshire is facing making ‘difficult decisions’ as leaders set out a three year plan to cut up…
Read moreDevelopers have slammed the council after planners rejected their application to turn a dilapidated family home in Wellington into a House in…
Read moreA farm business has asked for council approval to install 117 solar panels to keep its potato fridges running. David…
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Meese Farming of Lilleshall, has applied for permission to build four poultry units on a parcel of arable land north of Blackbrook Cottages, Edgmond
A new £6 million chicken farm near Harper Adams University would hold 180,000 birds and be a centre for learning,…
Read moreGrooming gangs report author Baroness Casey’s call for Government action to close taxi licensing loopholes has been welcomed by Telford…
Read moreThe Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals NHS Trust is rejigging its workforce and is ‘working to achieve’ £41.4million in ‘efficiencies’ by…
Read moreParty leaders clashed over a council’s medium term borrowing strategy as it posted an underspend in its overall budget. Telford…
Read moreA parish council’s top official has spoken out to reassure the public that it is properly able to handle taxpayers’…
Read moreA developer of a former shop site in Telford who was ‘unaware’ of conditions imposed by a council has been…
Read moreA Sikh temple’s plans to host up to 30 weddings with up to 881 guests each time has been rejected…
Read moreTwo new councillors have been elected unopposed to fill vacant seats on a parish council where the clerk earlier this…
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An computer generated image showing the style of development proposed at site of the former Phoenix School in Dawley. Picture: Telford & Wrekin Council
Members of the public can now make official comments on plans to build 212 new homes on the site of…
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Agent PUUC Architecture Ltd has told Telford & Wrekin Council planners that the new bar would be close to other bars that are of a similar style
A planning application that could see a former estate agent office in Telford turned into a drinking establishment has entered…
Read morePlans have been lodged to turn two next door properties in Telford into houses of multiple occupation (HMO) with a…
Read moreA council has confirmed that an ‘untidy land notice’ has been slapped on a property in Telford. A complaint about…
Read moreDraft accounts show council ended year with a surplus as officials point to ‘challenging’ future ahead of Rachel Reeves’ spending…
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Newport Premier, in High Street sits close to Haberdashers’ Adams School and members of the Licensing Sub-committee decided to revoke its premises licence
A Newport shop has lost its fight to keep its alcohol sales licence after councillors decided it was ‘undermining licensing…
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An illustrative vision for the Central Park space and examples of high quality walking routes through green spaces. Image: Miller Homes
Details of a new public park at the centre of a huge new housing development in Telford have been released….
Read moreA cross party committee of senior councillors is set to grill candidates for a top paying council job. The role…
Read moreFreedom of Information requests to Telford & Wrekin Council boomed by 22 per cent last year, including at least one…
Read moreA motor business is being investigated over a ‘large scale potential fraud’ after trading standards officers in Telford noticed a…
Read moreThe council owned lettings company has opened the application process for new homes at four developments in Telford. Properties at…
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The ultraviolet kiosk is in operation at the borehole site. Picture: Severn Trent Water/Fisher German
Bug-killing ultraviolet equipment was installed at a Shropshire water borehole after bacteria was found there, planning documents reveal. Documents lodged…
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Ironbridge Power Station redevelopment: A CGI image of the plans (Picture: Harworth Group Plc / Pegasus Planning Group)
Up to 40 vehicles could be entering part of a huge building site every weekday for the next four years…
Read moreBelly Busters catering van has been given retrospective permission to trade in a layby off the A442 despite opposition to…
Read moreAn eco-campaigning Shropshire vicar is supporting a family in its fight against plans for a battery energy site on land…
Read moreHealth leaders have been told that they are “a long way” from delivering national guidance for people in Shropshire with…
Read moreA rugby club is seeing such a large increase in the number of women who want to play the game…
Read moreA parish council by-election in Telford will see Labour and an Independent seeking votes in Lawley and Overdale. The Lawley…
Read moreA parish and former Telford & Wrekin Councillor has resigned after 26 years to ‘enjoy the time I have left,…
Read moreThe Priory Nursing Home, in Spring Hill, appealed to the Planning Inspectorate after Telford & Wrekin Council rejected the proposal….
Read moreYoung people’s mental wellbeing remains a “significant cause for concern” in Telford & Wrekin says a report. Councillors are set…
Read morePeople in Muxton & Lilleshall live an average of 8.2 years longer than residents in Woodside as life expectancy rates…
Read moreNew Mayor of Telford Eileen Callear set out her civic stall as a champion of diversity and revealed that she…
Read moreNewport’s Christmas lights switch on event will last for one full day, a meeting heard. As the Shropshire town’s love…
Read moreA controversial plan for up to 85 homes in a village near Newport has been withdrawn by the developers after…
Read morePolice officers from Newport’s under-fire safer neighbourhood team told a meeting that they have found no evidence that a crime…
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