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Saturday 13th December - West Mercia Police Rural village surgery - 2pm at Abdon Village Hall. Your local Safer Neighbourhood Team will be at Abdon village hall on Saturday the 13th of December at 2pm for around 1½ hours. We will be running this surgery from our mobile police station parked in the hall car park. Please take this opportunity to raise any concerns you may have and to find out what we are doing to tackle the issues that matter to you. Everyone is welcome and it would be great to see you there. For more information please contact me - PCSO 40622 Rees jay.rees1@westmercia.police.uk 

Abdon and Heath Parish Council

Includes: Abdon, Balaam's Heath, Baucott, Brookhampton, Heath, Holdgate and Tugford.

Your Parish Councillors are:

• Chris Yarwood (Chair)
• Bill Lewis (Vice Chair)
• Rowland Price
• Peter Hartley
• Oliver Uffold

For full details including DPI (disclosable pecuniary interests) see: Parish council - Abdon and Heath Parish Council — Shropshire Council. DPI form is attached below.

Your Parish Clerk is:

• Wendy Richards - abdonandheathclerk1@outlook.com  (prefer to be contacted by email, telephone is 07813 271 274).

Abdon and Heath Parish Council Meetings 2025/6:

Second Wednesday of the month in August, November, January and May. At Abdon Village Hall at 7:30pm.

• Thursday 15th May 2025 - Abdon and Heath Parish Council AGM. 7.30pm at Abdon Village Hall. All residents of the villages are invited to attend. Agenda attached below.
• Thursday 14th August - 7.30pm Abdon Village Hall. 
• Wednesday 12th November 2025 - 7.30pm Abdon Village Hall. 
• January 2026
• May 2026

Follow this link for details: Parish Council Agendas and Minutes or see your local noticeboard.

Planning applications

21st August 2025 - New Planning Application Reference:  25/03028/FUL. 

Address: Holdgate House, Holdgate, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, TF13 6LW.

Proposal:  Alterations and additions to include side and rear extensions and demolition of detached garages
Applicant: Mr. & Mrs Hobbs (Holdgate House , Holdgate, Shropshire, TF13 6LW, UK). 

View online at:  http://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=T0ZWWPTDK0R00

7th July 2025 - New Planning Applications Reference:  25/02026/LBC 
Address:  Castle Tithe, Holdgate, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, TF13 6LW
Proposal:  Replacement of 8no existing timber windows with new timber windows to the front (road side) and left end/side elevations
Applicant: Mr Robert Hartley (Castle Tithe, Holdgate, Much Wenlock, TF13 6LW)
View online at:  http://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=SX50PJTDIBI00

9th May 2025 - Appeal on Planning Application 25/00264/FUL. See document attached below for details ufm_17_DC_Lettern.

17th April 2025 - New Planning Application. Ref: 25/00997/FUL. Address: Nordy View, Abdon, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9HX. Proposal: Change of use of (first floor) of domestic outbuilding into holiday let (retrospective). Applicant: Mr Christopher Yarwood. View online at:  http://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=ST4NJ4TDGIH00

5th February 2025 - New Planning Application: Top Barn, Abdon, SY7 9HZ. Ref: 25/00264/FUL. Construction of a detached 3-bay garage with annex above. Applicant: Mr Dave Cooper. View online at: http://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=SQLWXGTDN1J00

The latest planning applications can be viewed on the Shropshire Council Online Planning Portal, enter 'Abdon' (or your local area) in the search. Planning portal: https://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/

If you have any concerns or comments on recent planning applications, please advise Parish Clerk Wendy Richards abdonandheathclerk1@outlook.com, or Shropshire Council.