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Autumn 2020 COUNCILLORS WELCOME COVID INFORMATION WESTGATE DEVELOPMENT All four Conservative As we start another period of National Lockdown in the effort to Councillors for Bridgnorth welcome overcome this pandemic please note of the following contact details the proposed redevelopment of the should you need any help or assistance in the coming weeks. former Council

Emergency Help offices. The site has lain empty for a number Bridgnorth Mutual Aid Group: 01746 802091 or email of years and is in urgent need of [email protected] redevelopment. Originally, both the Westgate Council Offices and the Welfare Support Team: 03456 789078 neighbouring Police Station were Housing and Homeless Team: 03456 789005 going to have homes built on the two

Free School Meal Support: 03456 789000 sites, but this plan was dropped when it was decided to keep the Police If you are unable to leave your home and need shopping or a station open rather than look to L—R Cllr William Parr, Cllr Christian Lea, Cllr Les Winwood and Cllr Elliott prescription collected, please call Christian on 01746 765116 and relocate it to an alternative site in the one of your councillors will be there to help. town.

The proposals by the South Staffordshire Housing Association have Bridgnorth Mayor Kirstie Hurst-Knight been initially rejected by Shropshire Council’s Southern Planning and Cllr Christian Lea recently helped Committee. The Bridgnorth Shropshire Councillors hope that a provide guidance and advice to local revised scheme will be submitted in the next few months which will residents and businesses about address the concerns of the Southern Planning Committee members Covid 19 as part of Shropshire Council's which included concerns over the density of housing for this integral Step-Up Shropshire campaign. The part of the town. They hope that the new scheme will be more in campaign encourages everyone who keeping with the local area and that it will include sufficient green lives, works and plays in Shropshire to space and address local residents concerns about highway safety. do their bit to help overcome the virus. Once planning permission has finally been approved for the site, it is

expected that redevelopment will commence immediately.

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PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF INNAGE NEW PETROL STATION FOR GREEN RESTORED AT BRIDGNORTH AT CHARTWELL LANE YOUTH CENTRE IS ONE STEP NEARER WOODBERRY CLOSE Following BUSINESS PARK A second petrol the success of the Bridgnorth West and station is nearing completion following Tasley Partnership, Woodberry Close unforeseen delays earlier in the year from Green and the accompanying planting the Covid19 pandemic and nesting sand scheme and the parking facilities for all martins. The completion of the petrol Woodberry Close residents is now station, along with the erection of new complete. Shropshire Councillors Elliott industrial units on Chartwell Business Park, Lynch and Les Winwood welcome the will provide much needed new jobs and green being restored and the services for local residents. tremendous difference it has made to Cllrs Les Winwood, William Parr, Christian REPORT FAULTY STREET the environment for all residents. There Lea and Elliott Lynch LIGHT Now that the dark nights are is now better access for emergency vehicles as a result of road widening Improvements to the building will include Adult Social Care Services upon us, do you know of a faulty street and supported living accommodation, along with the provision of a new light that requires attention? If so get in and more car parking spaces in a youth facility and community hub. touch with your Shropshire Councillor for landscaped area with parking Les commented “This is brilliant news for Adult Social Care and Youth them to report the fault to Shropshire provision for the disabled. Service users. A steering group has been established, meeting on a Council’s Street Lighting Team. monthly basis, to move this forward and progress accordingly, with final REVIEW FOR BUS STOP AT FARTHINGS COURT Elliott and Les proposals being referred back to Shropshire Council’s Cabinet in due are pleased that Shropshire Council Traffic Team, are reviewing the possibility course” of a bus stop after a number of consultations with residents of Farthings Court. Local members have requested that they are regularly updated as it is The bus stop, if built, would service residents of both Farthings Court and Kings close to a scheme being agreed. Loade and would be a welcome addition to the town’s bus provision. Caring and Campaigning for our Community Find out more at conservatives.com News from BRIDGNORTH

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PROBLEM POTHOLE IN YOUR AREA - HERE’S HOW TO REPORT IT TO SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL Shropshire Council carries out regular inspections of local roads but also rely on members of the public to report the location of potholes. And its not just roads - if you have problem pavements, report the details to any of your local councillors who will take it up on your behalf or call Shropshire Council Switchboard on 0345 6789000.

CALL FOR HIGHWAYS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAPEL LANE Cllr Christian Lea is calling on Shropshire Council Highways Department to make improvements to the highways signage in Chapel Lane, Quatford after residents contacted him over highways safety concerns regarding inappropriate vehicles using the lane. A Shropshire Council Highways Engineer has recently met with Christian and two Chapel Lane residents and additional signage at both ends of Chapel Lane has been suggested along with slow markings and two additional road signs along the lane. BRIDGNORTH LOCAL PLAN The four Bridgnorth Conservative Councillors are concerned about the volume of housing proposed for the West side of Bridgnorth with the Taylor Wimpey development of 1,050 houses.

They have serious misgivings over the additional traffic generated, and the knock on effect this will have on the highways network in our historic town. The effects of this additional housing will put a greater strain on our already overstretched GP services. There are also concerns about the effect it will have on wildlife and the environment and the conflict between houses and mineral deposits on the West side of Bridgnorth. This development, if given the go ahead, would seriously jeopardise the future Cllrs with local activist Tim Harris at the Shrewsbury Rd junction in Tasley, of the Bridgnorth Livestock Market and the employment it generates. next to proposed development as suggested by the Local Plan Review.

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