31-07-2025
Decisions on Telford and Wrekin boundary changes postponed
Final decisions on changes to parish and town council boundaries have been pushed back until the and Wrekin councillors agreed to hold a meeting in September, and potentially another in October, if they needed more time to carry out further small councillor for Muxton, Nigel Dugmore, welcomed the decision, after originally having seven days to read through about 1,000 responses in the boundary review committee agreed at the meeting in September would come into effect at the next local elections in 2027.
A boundary review committee meeting on Wednesday heard that there had been general agreement about the creation of new parish councils for Muxton and there were more controversial changes on the cards, including Dawley Hamlets Parish Council being broken up and its communities divided up and absorbed into surrounding chairman of the parish council previously said that merging the area with another would mean large council tax increases for told the meeting that some residents in rural areas told him that they felt their communities were under attack."It's not an attack because no-one's actually doing anything yet to anybody. It was actually a consultation on the proposals," said the Labour-run council's deputy leader, Richard added that proposed changes in Wellington, Muxton, and Priorslee had been met of the meeting, Labour councillor for Ercall, Giles Luter, said: "It was wise of us to have a bit of a break between this meeting and the one in September just to really make sure we give this our proper attention."
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