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: D Vasmer (Chairman), J Dean, K Halliday, H Hancock-Davies, V Moore, J Tandy, A Wagner 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 14th May at 6.00pm in Livesey House, 7 St Johns Hill, in order to transact the following business.

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NEW COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

  To note the appointment of a new Committee Chairman following the Annual Meeting of Council

• 2OVERVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE

  To receive an overview from the Town Clerk of the Operations Committee

• 3TERMS OF REFERENCE

  To note the Terms of Reference as agreed by the Annual Meeting of Council

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 3 - Terms of Reference

• 4APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

  To receive and accept apologies for absence

• 5DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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

• 6MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

  To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 5 March 2025.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 6 - Recreation_Leisure Minutes 25.03.05

• 7MATTERS ARISING FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING

  To consider any matters arising from previous meetings

• 8SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM

  To receive an update on local policing from Inspector Ben Tanfield

• 9CAPITAL PROGRAMME

  To review the new Capital Programme for 2025/26.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 9 - 18 2025-26 Capital Projects Action Plan

• 10FISHERIES

  To receive an update on Shrewsbury Town Fisheries

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 10 - Fisheries Report

• 11RECREATION GROUND MATTERS

  (i) To receive a general update on Grounds Maintenance
  (ii) To consider a request from the Greenfields Community Group to utilise their funding as match funding to pay their contribution towards the Solar Lighting Project
  (iii) To consider a request from the Meole Residents Association to register the Church Road Recreation ground as a Village Green.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 11(i) - Grounds Maintenance update

• 12STEPPING UP TEAM

  To update the committee on progress with the Stepping Up Team

• 13COMMUTED SUMS

  To receive an update on outstanding developer discussions/negotiations:

  (i) 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

  (ii) Barratt Homes/Bovis Homes – Mytton Oak Road – Phase 1 adopted; Snagging Phase 2/3 commenced. No identified date for transfer

  (iii) Shrewsbury South Urban
  1. Sutton Grange site – ongoing – likely transfer in 2024/25 – recent meeting with Taylor Wimpey to discuss logistics for transfer
  2. Bellway Homes site – discussion on land adoption and adoption of acoustic fencing
  3. Galliers site – early discussions on land adoption
  4. Community Centre – location on the site

  (iv) Radbrook College site – Open space adoption – officers met with Floreat Homes on site – likely adoption once all phases are complete

  (v) 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