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 3 December 2025

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 3 December 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 8 October 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 3 - Communities & Environment Committee Minutes 25.10.08

• 4MATTERS ARISING

• 5TEAM SHREWSBURY

  (i) Inspector Ingrid Tozer and Shaun Sutton from Shropshire Council to attend the meeting to discuss Parking issues within Shrewsbury

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

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 5 (ii) - Team Shrewsbury

• 6BATHING WATER / RIVER QUALITY

  (i) To receive an update from representatives from Severn Trent Water

  (ii) To consider supporting the continuation of specialist testing of water quality above the statutory testing required under Bathing Water Regulations.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 6(i) - Severn Trent. Shrewsbury Environmental Committee Meeting - River health - 3rd Dec

• 7BUDGET SETTING PROCESS

  To receive an update from the Town Clerk regarding this year’s budget process and the Committees input into that process.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 7 - Budget Setting

• 8SPORTS HALL PROJECT

  To consider the priniciple of providing financial support to bridge the funding gap for the development of the Shrewsbury Academy Sports Hall

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 8 - Business Case for a Sports Hall at Shrewsbury Academy

• 9YOUTH

  To receive an update on Young Shrewsbury Activity

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 9 - Youth Report

• 10QUARRY

  To receive an update on the Quarry Events Programme for 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 10 - Quarry events update Dec 2025

• 11GRANTS

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

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 11 - 25.11.20 Grants Sub-Committee Minutes

• 12MARKETS

  To receive an update on market activity in Shrewsbury

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 12 - Market update December 2025

• 13FISHERIES

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

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 13 - Fisheries Report