Author: David Tooley - Local Democracy Reporter

Environmental 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.

Rules governing wheelchair-friendly private hire vehicles in Telford have been eased after councillors heard there are only 14 operating in the borough.

Nuplace, 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.

By 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.

Three seats are available, one at Oakengates Town Council, one at St George’s & Priorslee Parish Council, and another one at Wellington Town Council.

A house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Wellington is set to be demolished after the owner found problems with the foundations.

A 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.’

Telford’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.

The council slapped an enforcement notice on the property, ordering it to be returned to its previous built condition.

The proposal is to convert the pub into four dwellings and includes a two-storey rear extension after the demolition of a toilet building.

The 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.

Residents have been given the chance to call for elections to be held in two seats following the death of a respected Telford councillor.

The 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.

Ecologists 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.

Villagers in Telford have been urged to use their local bus or lose it by a parish councillor who is passionate about public transport.

The 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.

The report says the council has seen a 24 per cent reduction in anti-social behaviour in the last 12 months and its work continues.

SaTH says it has a “robust process ensuring that all pay remains in line with contractual guidance.”

“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.”

Every 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.

A parish council has given its qualified support to controversial plans to turn a house in Donnington into a care home for two children.

The “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.

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.

An 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.

“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.”

A 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.

Planners 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.

A Telford school’s flat roof caused some confusion for a high-tech laser system used to create a flood map, planning documents show.

“No-one’s come to speak here. 71 people commented on Facebook, where are they? This is the place to speak.”

Health 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.

A 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. 

Lidl 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.

A new planning application for signs that Lidl wants to use at a new Telford supermarket is the latest step…

An acute hospitals trust in Shropshire spent £500,000 on covering recent industrial action by resident doctors, a meeting will be…

CCTV 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.

Newport councillors approved a budget timetable, including strategic planning, potentially raising council tax and affecting local services and grants.

Mohawk Investments is appealing a council’s rejection of relocating Childrensworld nursery, claiming the decision undermines business growth and planning policies.