16th January 2019 Parish Centre, Church Stretton. 7pm Preferred Sites : Have Your Say Shropshire Council are holding a series of Public Meetings where you can hear about the current proposals and have your say. See also Church Stretton Town Council post https://www.churchstretton-tc.gov.uk/consultations/preferred-sites-consultation/ for more information Public Meeting Shropshire Council are holding a Public Meeting for the…
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Received from: Planning Policy Team, Shropshire Council planningpolicy@shropshire.gov.uk Seeking comments on the third stage of consultation Shropshire Council is continuing to progress with its Local Plan Review. To inform this review, Shropshire Council is now seeking comments on the third stage of consultation on the Local Plan Review, the ‘Preferred Sites’. This consultation runs from…
Church Stretton Needs You! As you may be aware, the future sustainability of Church Stretton Leisure Centre is at risk due to the phased withdrawal of financial support from Shropshire Council and the redistribution of educational joint-use funding to all schools. Key local stakeholders are working together to find a sustainable future option for the…
Apology from Church Stretton Library Group “We apologise for the misleading impression given in the November edition of Focus (Page 24) which suggested the Town Council had agreed to provide salary funding for library staff, if Shropshire Council accepted our bid to run the library and if the Town Council thought we could provide a…
Residents can now see the results of the recent Church Stretton Library consultation. The four week consultation took place from 21 August to 18 September 2017 to seek views in relation to the proposed procurement details for a library service in Church Stretton, and whether responses to previous community engagement exercises have been taken into account. There were just over…
Shropshire Council has advised that the Draft Library Services consultation has been extended by one week – i.e. to Friday 13th October. This is due to a technical problem beyond their control with their online survey tool, which is affecting responses being submitted. Shropshire Council have issued a ‘Get Involved’ document which gives more information,…
We are pleased to advise that it has become possible for Shropshire Council to publish the first round of targeted ‘Preferred Options’ earlier than envisaged in our recently published timetable (see Table 2, p.12 here: http://shropshire.gov.uk/media/2338551/Local-Development-Scheme-2017-Cabinet-21June.pdf ). At its meeting on 18 October 2017, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve a draft consultation…
Shropshire Council want to offer an improved parking service that is hassle-free, and that makes use of the latest technology. They want a service that offers value for money and that is consistent across the county, and to make it easy for customers to understand how much it costs to park, on-street and in car parks,…
Residents in Church Stretton are being asked to comment on the criteria which will be used to help choose the best provider to take on the running of the local library. Shropshire Council recently consulted with Church Stretton residents about their priorities for the provision of a library service. The survey received over 500 responses….
Shropshire Libraries are currently consulting on a new draft Library Services Strategy. The strategy sets out the Council’s vision to unlock the huge potential that library services have to impact positively on individuals lives. It also recognises that this is a challenging time for library services – traditional usage has been declining in recent years,…