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Shrewsbury was previously unparished, with the Mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham acting as the town's mayor. With a population of over 76,000, Shrewsbury is the fourth-most populous parish in England. The town council provides horticultural services and is responsible for parks, sports pitches, recreation grounds, allotments and highway verges.
The developers maintain New Riverside will be built with high quality materials and improve connectivity in the town. The reconfigured shopping centres will link with the town centre from the main shopping thoroughfare of Pride Hill through to Raven Meadows multi-storey car park, the riverside and Frankwell, Roushill Bank with access to Mardol and to the bus station. [5]
Shropshire Archives is located in Shrewsbury, England, and is the archives and local studies service for the historic county of Shropshire, which includes the borough of Telford and Wrekin. It preserves and makes accessible documents, books, maps, photographs, plans and drawings relating to Shropshire and its people dating from the early 12th ...
Old Shirehall, Shrewsbury: Council's headquarters 1889–1966. The Local Government Act 1888 which created county councils did not specify the names of the counties. As Shropshire was also known as Salop, the names 'Shropshire County Council' and 'Salop County Council' were used interchangeably in the council's early years.
In July 2016 the Defence Infrastructure Organisation applied for planning permission to Shropshire Council to demolish 40 buildings at the barracks while retaining boundary walls, prior to sale. [16] The site was sold in May 2018 to builders Bellway Homes who in December 2018 gained approval from Shropshire Council to build 216 homes, and ...
As a unitary authority, Telford and Wrekin Council has the functions of a county council and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health.
The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Sir Offley Wakeman, a former chairman of the county council, on 25 July 1964. [8] It was designed by Ralph Crowe, the County Architect, in the Modernist style , built at a cost of £1.8 million and was completed in April 1966. [ 9 ]
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Shropshire in the West Midlands.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.