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Operations Committee

Operations Committee

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

(Please note this meeting is not recorded)

To Members of the Operations Committee

Councillors A Wagner (Chairman), J Dean, K Halliday, V Moore, A Mosley, J Tandy, D Vasmer 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 Operations Committee scheduled to take place on Wednesday 1st July 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

  • 2DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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

  • 3MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

    To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 6 May 2026.

    Attachments:

  • 4MATTERS ARISING FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING

    To consider any matters arising from previous meetings

  • 5OPERATIONAL DEVOLUTION UPDATE

    (i) To provide an update on Dog PSPO
    (ii) To provide an update on the encroachment of private gardens on to footways
    (iii) To provide an update on Tree Management

  • 6CAPITAL PROGRAMME

    (i) To Review the Capital Programme for 2025/26.
    (ii) To consider suggestions for the capital programme for the remainder of the electoral term

    Attachments:

  • 7STEPPING UP TEAM

    To update the committee on the work of the Stepping Up Team

    Attachments:

  • 8STREET CLEANSING TEAM

    To receive an update on the work of the Street Cleansing Team

    Attachments:

  • 9PROJECT UPDATES

    (i) To receive an update on Consultation Plans for the redevelopment of Shorncliffe Recreation Ground

    (ii) To receive an update on the Town Council’s involvement in the Big Town Plan Abbey Foregate Project

    (iii) To receive an update on the Levelling Up Fund Roushill Park development

    (iv) To update the Committee on discussions around a pétanque court at Monkmoor Recreation Ground

  • 10GROUNDS MAINTENANCE

    To receive a general update on Grounds Maintenance

    Attachments:

  • 11KNIFE ANGEL

    To receive an update on the Knife Angel visit to Shrewsbury

  • 12SHREWSBURY IN BLOOM

    (i) To receive an update on outline plans for Heart of England in Bloom 2026
    (ii) To accept the notes of the Bloom Meeting held on 21 May & 18 June 2026

    Attachments:

  • 13COMMUTED SUMS

    To receive an update on outstanding developer discussions/negotiations:

    • Copthorne Barracks Play and Open Space – offsite contributions to play (£30,498 – £20498 for Shorncliffe Drive & £10000 for Silks Meadow – to be paid on 75% occupancy) and open space (£115,000 for sports pitches & associated facilities at County Ground – paid on 50% occupancy) – funds in relation to landscaping at the County Ground have been drawn down
    • Barratt Homes/Bovis Homes – Mytton Oak Road – Phase 1 adopted; Snagging Phase 2/3 commenced. No identified date for transfer.

     Further works has been carried out on site, some path surface repairs and drainage areas have been requested to be addressed. Several small areas of land are subject to legal checks, some of which do not appear to have appeared on the POS adoption plans.

    • Shrewsbury South Urban
      1. Sutton Grange site – ongoing – likely transfer in 2024/25 – recent meeting with Taylor Wimpey to discuss logistics for transfer.

     STC met the Developers on site in early March to walk the site again. Another detailed list was discussed and work started on site in April to address all the outstanding issues.

     2. Bellway Homes site – discussion on land adoption and adoption of acoustic fencing

    Developers have been met on site and some small works were still outstanding along with required repairs to the play area already in place.

    1. Galliers site – early discussions on land adoption
    2. Community Centre – location on the site
    • Radbrook College site – Open space adoption – officers met with Floreat Homes on site – likely adoption once all phases are complete

     STC had recently walked the site again with a representative from the Developer (Connexus). This person has now left the company and MP is meeting another representative w/c 11th May to walk the site again. An independent Arb Consultant has produced a thorough tree inspection report for the site POS to be adopted, which mirrors STC previous requests.

    There is a considerable amount of tree works to be carried out and some small areas of landscaping to be carried out to align to the landscape specification within the planning conditions. 

    •  Weir Hill – Agreements to adopt the land at a future time have been signed -meeting with Taylor Wimpey looking at the possibility of the countryside land to be transferred ahead of the POS on the development site.

    The Town Clerk has met with the Shropshire Council Greenspace Manager about the Town Council’s aspirations for both phase 1&2 but also the new phase 3.  Staff are still engaging with Taylor Wimpey & Persimmon regarding the snagging list required to be completed ahead of any transfer.  No date had been set for any transfer and solicitors have not yet been engaged.