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

(Please be aware that this meeting is not recorded)

To All Members of the Council

Dear Councillors

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Shrewsbury Town Council scheduled to take place at Council Chamber, Shirehall on Monday 25 September 2023 at 6pm, in order to transact the following business

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1WELCOME FROM THE MAYOR

• 2ROLL CALL

• 3APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

• 4DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT

• 5MINUTES OF COUNCIL

  To approve the Minutes of the Town Council Meeting held on 26 June 2023

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 5 - 23.06.26 Full Council Minutes

• 6MATTERS ARISING

• 7ANNOUNCEMENTS

  (i) To receive any announcements from the Mayor & Deputy Mayor’s recent engagements
  (ii) To receive any announcements from the Mayor and Town Clerk

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 7 - Mayoral Engagements June-Sept 2023

• 8PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

  To receive any questions from Members of the Public, notice of which has been given in accordance with the Town Council’s Standing Orders

• 9MOTIONS FROM MEMBERS

  To receive any motions from Members, notice of which has been given in accordance with the Town Council’s Standing Orders.

• 10PLACE PLAN

  To receive a presentation from Mathew Mead (Shrewsbury Place Plan Officer) regarding input into the Shrewsbury Place plan

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 10 - Place Plan Update Shrewsbury Town Council 25th September 2023
  • Agenda 10 - Place plan projects
  • Agenda 10 - Completed projects

• 11SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL CORPORATE PLAN

  (i) To receive the draft Corporate Plan
  (ii) To approve arrangements for consultation with the public and wider stakeholders

• 12ADOPTION & MEMBERSHIP OF THE FOLLOWING

  To consider signing up to the NALC/SLCC Civility and Respect Pledge Civility and Respect Project (nalc.gov.uk)
  To consider applying for White Ribbon Accreditation About Us — White Ribbon UK
  To consider being part of the SANDS campaign to embrace a culture of inclusion: The Covenant – Safe Ageing No Discrimination (lgbtsand.com)

  Attachments:

  • Civility & Respect Pledge
  • White Ribbon Accreditation

• 13FINANCE & GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Finance & General Purposes Committee Meeting held
  on:
  (i) 24 July 2023
  (ii) 11 September 2023

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 13(i) - 23.07.24 F&GP Minutes - AMENDED
  • Agenda 13 (ii) 23.09.11 F&GP Minutes

• 14RECREATION & LEISURE COMMITTEE

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Recreation & Leisure Committee Meeting held on:
  i) 5 July 2023
  ii) 6 September 2023

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 14(i) - Recreation_Leisure Minutes 23.07.05
  • Agenda 14(ii) - Recreation_Leisure Minutes 23.09.06

• 15PLANNING COMMITTEE

  a) To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Planning Committee Meetings held on:
  (i) 27 June 2023
  (ii) 18 July 2023
  (iii) 8 August 2023
  (iv) 29 August 2023
  (v) 19 September 2023

  b) Planning Appeals Procedure – To adopt the Planning Appeals Procedure as
  recommended by the Planning Committee

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 15(i) - Planning_Minutes - 23.06.27
  • Agenda 15(ii) - Planning_Minutes - 23.07.18
  • Agenda 15(iii) - Planning_Minutes - 23.08.08
  • Agenda 15(iv) - Planning_Minutes - 23.08.29
  • Agenda 15(v) - Planning_Minutes - 23.09.19
  • Agenda 15(b) - Planning Appeals Procedure

• 16CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE

  (i) To receive and adopt the minutes of the Climate Change Committee meeting held on 17
  July 2023.
  (ii) To approve a name change to the Climate Emergency & Nature Recovery Committee.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 16(i) - 23.07.17 Climate Change Minutes

• 17WORKING GROUPS

  (i) Joint Consultative Committee – 12 July 2023, chaired by Councillor Alan Mosley
  (ii) Active Travel Working Group – 19 July 2023, chaired by Councillor Rosemary Dartnall
  (iii) Clean River Working Group – 13 September 2023, chaired by Councillor Rosemary Dartnall
  (iv) City of Sanctuary Working Group – 7 August 2023 and 18 September 2023, chaired by Councillor Phil Gillam

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 17(i) - 23.07.12 - Joint Consultative Committee - Minutes
  • Agenda 17(ii) - 2023.07.19 - Active Travel - Minutes
  • Agenda 17(iii) - 23.09.11 - Clean Rivers Working Group - Minutes
  • Agenda 17(iv) - 2022.08.07 City of Sanctuary Minutes
  • Agenda 17(iv) - 2022.09.18 City of Sanctuary Minutes

• 18END OF YEAR AUDIT

  To receive details on the external audit of the End of Year Accounts by the external auditor and approve the formal publication of those accounts

• 19EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

  To consider exclusion of the Press & Public on the grounds that the consideration of the following items may involve the likely disclosure of confidential information (s1(2) Public Bodies (Admission of Meetings) Act 1960).

• 20GREENFIELDS RECREATION GROUND

  To discuss the re-purchase of Greenfields Recreation Ground and its interim maintenance.