20/00363/OUT – Land East of Ashingdon Road and North of Rochford Garden Way, Rochford Last Thursday, Rochford District Council voted to defer the application for 662 homes which had been put forward by Bloor Homes. Both non members and members of Rochford District attended the meeting with all three Downhall […]
In a recent press release, RDC & Conservative Councillors have announced their intention to continue with their ill-conceived plans to rip the heart of the community in Rayleigh. The decision making and plans for the new facilities have been shrouded in secrecy and remain hidden from public view. Many of […]
The Conservatives at Rochford District Council have announced its ‘same old same old’ approach to car parking charging during December. Car parking charges will be suspended during the morning for 3 whole Saturdays on the lead up to what should be the busiest time for local retails and other businesses […]
It won’t have gone unnoticed by many that there are several retailers closing down or now closed in the our Town. Despite the financial support from the Government, this has not been nearly enough to fight off the decline of our High Street. The Focus team knows of many businesses […]
There used to be a time when enjoying a stroll in the fresh air was free. However, the Council is considering, to set their sights on charging visitors of Cherry Orchard Park adding to their car parking ‘cash cow’ scheme. Residents, who already pay to maintain this site through their […]
Will you back our campaign? The coronavirus pandemic has brought new focus on the issue of child hunger, but this is a not a new problem. The absence of any support equivalent to free school meals in the holidays is a long overlooked problem. Now families have the added worry of […]
The application for 24 apartments and 2 commercial units on the former Dairy Crest site was approved last night by a committee decision of 7 (for) & 6 (against) Councillors in favour of the development were Lesley Butcher (C) Daniel Efdes (C) Julie Gooding (C) David Merrick (C) Arthur Williams […]
Local residents have been notified of roadworks to take place at the Hullbridge Road/Rawreth Lane area to commence on 2nd November 2020 and lasting for approximately 16 weeks. We have written to officers to check on these planned roadworks to ask that they are proactively monitored to ensure that they […]
Today, family, friends, colleagues & residents lined the streets in their numbers to say their final farewells to popular local Councillor, Mrs Diane Hoy. Diane was an extremely popular local Councillor and was well known for her straight-talking, no-nonsense, honest approach to Council life and for the dedication she showed […]
The purpose of World Homeless Day is to draw attention to people who experience homelessness needs locally and provide opportunities for the community to get involved in responding to homelessness while taking advantage of the stage an ‘international day’ provides. In our District there is a relatively low number of […]
Despite still no reopening of Rayleigh Police Station front counter (another Mark Francois iniative) and no CCTV (another RDC project going nowhere fast), Rochford District Council are asking, yet again, for your views on tacking crime and antisocial behaviour in our District. Here’s the Council blurb… There is still time […]
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