Farming community facing tough times
The farming community plays a big role in Shropshire’s economy. Today the president of the NFU has once again laid out how badly the farming community will be impacted Read More …
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Next pulls plug on Shrewsbury town centre store
Next pulls plug on Shrewsbury town centre and have decided not to renew their lease on their store in the Pride Hill shopping centre. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/business/2019/07/05/next-to-close-its-store-at-shrewsburys-pride-hill-shopping-centre/ As the owners of Read More …
Website gets a makeover & returns to cllrdavidwalker.org domain
Whilst the previous version of my site was fine there were somethings that were still bugging me. With an upgrade of the content management system (CMS) I decided the Read More …
Queens Head LED lights installed
The new Queens Head LED lights have now been installed by Highline Electrical for West Felton Parish Council. All that remains is for SP Energy Networks (SPEN) to connect Read More …
West Felton village shop is on the market
For some time the talk in West Felton has been about the village shop being up for sale. As I understand it the owner had been in discussions about Read More …
Shopping Centre value drops by £11m
I am so livid that Shropshire Conservatives have wasted 20% or £11m of their investment of public money. Last year they ‘invested’ £51 million buying two shopping centres in Read More …
Local Plan Review Consultation deadline fast approaching
Shropshire Council’s Local Plan review consultation closes on the 8th of February. It is important that as many people as possible respond. If you want sites added or removed from Read More …
LED street lights on the way for West Felton
Last Tuesday West Felton Parish Council agreed to upgrade their remaining street lights to LED street lights. I am grateful that colleagues supported my proposition to carry out the Read More …
The Court closure confirmed with £600,000 price tag
For a little while rumours circulated that The Court nursing home had closed. The nursing home in West Felton has now been put up for sale for £600,000 confirming Read More …
West Felton risks losing £325,000 CIL Local Funds to Oswestry
At our Last Parish Council meeting, during the report from our Shropshire Councillor, Steve Charmley, announced that there was £12m unspent in the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) ‘Local Fund’ pot Read More …