To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 21st July 2011, attached marked 3. Contact Richard Thomas Tel 01743 252725

To receive such communications as the Chairman, Speaker, Leader and Chief Executive may desire to lay before the Council.

To receive any questions from the public, notice of which has been given in accordance with Procedure Rule 14.

To receive any questions from Members, notice of which has been given in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, attached marked 6.

To consider the report of the Independent Remuneration Panel on Members' Allowances. to follow marked 7. The Chairman of the Panel, Mr Ciaran Martin, will be in attendance to answer Members' questions. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM CONSIDERATION TO ENABLE FURTHER WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT IN RESPECT OF THE REPORT.

To receive the report from the Portfolio Holders for Flourishing Shropshire, attached marked 8. In accordance with Procedure Rule 15, 20 minutes will be allocated to the presentation of the reports, Members' questions and their supplementaries.

To receive the report of the Chairman of the Protecting and Enhancing our Environment Scrutiny Committee, attached marked 9. In accordance with Procedure Rule 15, 20 minutes will be allocated to the presentation of the reports, Members' questions and their supplementaries.

To receive the report of the Chairman of the Performance and Strategy Scrutiny Committee, following the examination of the Phase 1 savings for 2011/12 by the five Scrutiny Committees, to follow, marked 10.

TO RESOLVE: That, in addition to the existing power to determine the need for and to amend or modify Agreements made under Section 106 Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Group Manager - Environment and the Development Manager be given delegated authority to discharge planning obligations under Section 52 Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or Section 106 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and to vary or modify Section 52 Agreements, as required, and that Part 8 of the Council's Constitution be ammended accordingly.

Following the resignation on Councillor Peter Phillips, there is a Liberal Democrat vacancy on the Strategic Licensing Committee. The Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Mr N J Hartin, will report the name of the Member he would like to fill this vacancy at the meeting.

19.1 The following motion has been received from Mr J M Williams: “Shropshire is one of the richest counties in England in terms of its built and industrial heritage, including the first iron-framed building in the world and being the birthplace of Industry. This rich heritage underpins Shropshire’s fastest-growing and most important industry – Tourism. Shropshire’s superb historic buildings and its industrial heritage are its fundamental stock and to ensure that these invaluable irreplaceable heritage structures are preserved, repaired and restored to the highest level possible, I am proposing that the Council invests in the establishment of a Heritage Technology Centre of Excellence, providing a training base for up to 10 apprentices to become our future craftspeople, who will work to preserve our buildings and structures. The building to house such a Heritage Technology Centre is in Shrewsbury and is being offered, at peppercorn rent by a national private company. The Government’s Apprenticeship Scheme would fund the training element of the enterprise. The Council’s investment would be to establish a fund of up to £150K to provide apprenticeship training for 10 youngsters, over a three year course, leading to an appropriate qualification. Once trained, these youngsters would form a reservoir of skilled craftspeople, who would ensure that our invaluable heritage assets were maintained to the highest standards. Shropshire Council would seek to defray revenue costs to the Council by working in partnership with the private sector and would actively seek the support of our Local Authority partners in the LEP [Telford & Wrekin and Herefordshire]. It will also be necessary to involve the National Trust, English Heritage and other organisations e.g. The Wildlife Trust. The European Social Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund might also be able to support the scheme financially, at this initial stage. This Scheme is supported Network Rail,by a national private company, two Registered Charities [The Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust and the Ironbridge Railway Trust] and Telford & Wrekin Council, all of whom have expressed interest and if Shropshire Council were prepared to take the lead, these organisations would likely support and contribute fully to the establishment of such a facility. Heritage Technology Centre of Excellence.”