There is a pattern emerging in Shropshire that is now too obvious to ignore. Senior officers design risk.Senior officers depart.Residents are handed the invoice — repackaged as “local choice”. Last week, Miranda Garrard, Head of Legal and Democratic Services at Shropshire Council, became the fourth very senior officer to leave suddenly. Her farewell statement spokeContinue reading “WHEN THE ARCHITECTS LEAVE AND THE BILL IS SENT TO OSWESTRY”
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CIL? WHAT CIL? JUST ANOTHER DAY IN TRANSPARENT SHROPSHIRE
The CIL Trick: When the Council Develops Homes and Quietly Misplaces Its Own Tax Bill There’s a special kind of magic in Shropshire Council’s housebuilding operation. The sort of magic in which houses appear, PR photos multiply, councillors beam… and then — poof! — the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) vanishes like a toddler’s biscuit. CILContinue reading “CIL? WHAT CIL? JUST ANOTHER DAY IN TRANSPARENT SHROPSHIRE”
The Alternative Council 