10/10/2026
It’s absurd that Shropshire Council think raising parking charges is the way forward, small business are already struggling enough.
In the last few years M&S and Sainsburys have been built on outskirts of our town offering free parking, but SC’s idea is to increase parking charges again and deter people from town centre.
What did they tell me last time.. encourage people to use park and ride… oh, they’ve scrapped that, although they will point out that the town bus routes have been redirected to cover that.
Still, why would you park your car up there to go into town when you’re basically already at M&S.
If we want small independents to compete with the big boys we need to help them.
Reduce cost NOT increase