Repairs to Ludlow town walls will finally go ahead
Repairs will be carried out to Ludlow's historic town walls, council chiefs have promised – more than three years after a section collapsed.
Ludlow Town Council has re-iterated its agreement to take the lead on rebuilding the section of wall behind St Laurence's Church and securing the necessary funds.
The medieval walls have remained in a collapsed state since February 2013 as a dispute over who should foot the bill broke out between the town council, Shropshire Council and the parochial church council of St Laurence's.
In October last year the three authorities struck an agreement to work together.
Now Gina Wilding, clerk of Ludlow Town Council, has said the town council will take the lead but must have the backing of the other two authorities. No timescale has been placed on when work will start or when repairs will be completed.
Ms Wilding said: "Ludlow Town Council will take its rightful place at the head of those looking for a way of funding the necessary repairs to the collapsed section of the Ludlow town wall, next to the garden of rest.
"In taking on this responsibility, Ludlow Town Council will look to Shropshire Council and St Laurence's Parochial Church Council to do whatever they can in support of the project.
"This will be a large project, beginning with commissioning and agreeing a full specification for the repair works contract, working out an accurate estimate of the likely cost of those works and getting all of the necessary permissions.
"Above all, Ludlow Town Council needs Shropshire Council and the parochial church council to give meaningful support to our eventual application for the necessary funding grants," she said.
