Strong financial management over many years means that we are still able to make a number of important capital investments to create a better borough.

Not only do our investments deliver social benefit, such as the quality rental ‘homes for life’ enjoyed by local families through our housing initiatives, Nuplace and Telford & Wrekin Homes. They also generate significant income for the Council, enabling us to maintain vital front-line services.

Jobs, skills and opportunity

  • £59 million for Growth Fund initiatives building on our track record of delivering growth, new employment opportunities and meeting gaps in the commercial market £56 million for local regeneration including Towns Fund investment in Oakengates and Wellington and Levelling Up funding for Station Quarter and the Theatre.

  • £22 million for the Pride in Place programme to build stronger communities, create thriving places and drive regeneration with investment in the Woodside, Sutton Hill and Brookside areas.

Transport

  • £103 million for transport and highways improvements which includes equipping the Council to repair more potholes with the Find it Fix it crews whose targeted approach has resulted in a 15% reduction in the number of potholes in the last four years.

More enjoyable

  • £16.3 million for leisure and cultural schemes, including a new swimming pool, new gym equipment and amphitheatre improvements.

Homes

  • Over £88m to deliver high quality Nuplace and Telford & Wrekin Homes for local people to rent from a responsible and responsive landlord, and investment for affordable and specialist housing programmes.

  • Over £5.5 million for a range of housing initiatives, including affordable warmth, empty properties, rough sleeper, disabled facility grants and temporary accommodation.

Education

  • £41 million for education projects, including school expansions to increase pupil places.

Borrowing

  • Much of the money we borrow is invested into things like houses and industrial units, giving people quality local homes with a responsible landlord and providing industrial units that enable employers to offer jobs.

  • The investment also generates money for the Council as buildings and land increase in value over time. When people pay their rent, the surplus is used to support front-line services such as care and support for older people.

  • At the end of last financial year, our land, buildings and investment in Nuplace were valued at £666 million pounds. The total net debt outstanding was £413 million pounds, meaning a loan to asset ratio of 62 per cent.

Download the full Budget papers

Consultation

To share your feedback on the proposals, please email yourviewsmatter@telford.gov.uk by 3 February 2026.