Cookie information

This site stores certain information as 'cookies' on your device in order to improve your website experience with Shropshire Council,

We also share information about your use of the site with analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you've provided to them or that they've collected from your use of their services.

Examples of things we use cookies for are:

  • remember settings and information, so you don't have to keep re-entering them
  • measure how you use the site so we can make sure it meets your needs
  • optimise performance so the website is faster and more reliable

When you visit our website we also record your computer's internet protocol (IP) address to help us diagnose any problems with our computer network. Any information logged isn't given to any third party companies, and is kept solely for the reasons stated above. It's not linked to personally identifiable information so all visitors to our site remain anonymous.

Below is the list of essential cookies which we require you to accept to allow the website to work correctly, and following those are the optional ones to help out with our website analytics. You can opt out of the optional cookies by toggling the button next to each heading to 'Off'.

Essential cookies

These cookies are deemed essential to the proper functioning of this website and by continuing to use this site you accept that they may be stored on your computer to help us deliver services. No personal information is contained in these cookies and they are used for the sole purpose of enabling processes used to provide content functions on this site.

We use geolocation to provide you with details of services close to you, such as your nearest car park, library or recycling centre. No personal information is stored and the cookie expires when you close your browser window.

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cookieControl

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Used to store your consent choice for non-essential cookies
Expires

One month

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nfHide

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Tracks which newsflashes have been dismissed.

Expires
When you close your browser

Non-essential cookies

We also use third party services to gather information on how our website is used, which helps us improve our pages and overall website design. These services have their own cookies, but as they aren't essential to how our website works you can choose if you want to accept them or not.

Siteimprove

Siteimprove is a third party system which helps us to improve our web services to you, providing information on various website monitoring metrics such as Search Engine Optimisation(SEO), content quality, accessibility and website response times.

Siteimprove uses the following cookies:

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nmstat
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Used to help record the visitor’s use of the website.

Expires

1000 days

Google Analytics

Google Analytics tracking uses cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about site visitors. However, these cookies don't collect personal data about visitors.

The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:

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Used to distinguish users.

Expires
Two years
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Used to persist session state.

Expires

Two years