Communities & Environment Committee

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Livesey House
7 St Johns Hill
Shrewsbury
SY1 1JD

Meeting of the Communities & Environment Committee
to be in Committee Room, Livesey House, St Johns Hill at 6.00pm on
Wednesday 1 April 2026

 

To Councillors: J Daniels (Chairman), B Bentick, R Dartnall, A Fejfer, R Gratton, E Micklewright, A Mosley and R Wilson

All other members of the Council for information

Dear Councillor

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Town Council’s Communities & Environment Committee scheduled to take place on Wednesday 1 April at 6.00pm in Livesey House, 7 St Johns Hill, in order to transact the following business.

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

  To receive and accept apologies for absence

• 2DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

  To receive Declarations of Pecuniary Interest in accordance with the Code of Conduct

• 3MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

  To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 4 February 2026

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 3 - Communities & Environment Committee Minutes 26.02.04

• 4MATTERS ARISING

• 5TERMS OF REFERENCE

  To review the Committee’s Terms of Reference in readiness for Annual Council ratification in May

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 5- Terms of Reference

• 6FOOD RESILIENCE

  (i) To receive a presentation from the Shropshire Good Food Partnership around the need to develop food resilience to withstand and recover from food systems shocks brought about by price increases, extreme weather events and supply shortages

  (ii) To consider how the Shropshire Good Food Partnership might assist the Town Council in understanding and developing a Food Resilience Strategy for Shrewsbury.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 6(i) - Food Resilience - Shrewsbury Town Council 2026
  • Agenda 6(ii) - Food Resilience

• 7BT PAYPHONES CONSULTATION

  (i) To submit a response to the current consultation which closes 9 April
  (ii) To approve the adoption of the Red Phone Box outside of the Abbey

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 7(i) - BT Payphones consultation

• 8COST OF LIVING GRANT SCHEME 2026/27

  To provide an update on the Cost of Living Working Group

• 9GREAT BIG GREEN WEEK 2026 (6th – 14th June)

  To update the Committee on the Great Big Green Week and detail the activities the Town Council will undertake

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 9 - Green Week

• 10YOUTH

  (i) To receive an update on Young Shrewsbury Activity

  (ii) To update Committee on the Million Hours Funding

  (iii) To update the Committee on hosting the Knife Angel in Shrewsbury in July 2026

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 10(i) - Youth Report
  • Agenda 10(ii) - Million Hours
  • Agenda 10(iii) - Knife Angel

• 11TEAM SHREWSBURY

  (i) To receive an update on the work of Team Shrewsbury and any operational impacts from crime & anti-social behaviour

  (ii) Policing Charter – To receive an update on the Policing Priorities.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 11(i) - Team Shrewsbury
  • Agenda 11 (ii) - Team Shrewsbury - Local Policing Charter

• 12QUARRY

  To receive an update on the Quarry Events Programme for 2026

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 12- Quarry events update Apr 2026

• 13MARKETS

  To receive an update on market activity in Shrewsbury

  Attachments:

  • Market update April 2026

• 14GRANTS

  To receive a report from the Grants Sub Committee on current community grant applications

  Attachments:

  • 26.03.18 Grants Sub-Committee Minutes

• 15FISHERIES

  To receive an update on fishing activity in Shrewsbury from Shrewsbury Town Fisheries

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 15 - Fisheries Report