From the Great Wakering Parish Council website this week: Nominations Open for Villager of the Year Competition 04/08/2015Great Wakering Villager of the Year Competition now open for nominations. Closing date noon 12th October 2015. Nominations to be received at the Parish Council?Office. Proposer and nominee must be a resident of […]
Looking at photos of old buildings can be interesting. Looking at photos of old buildings that have been demolished can be more interesting. This month Rayleigh Through the Looking Glass looks at demolished buildings like the one above, which was pulled down around 90 years ago. Can you guess what […]
Here are two of the latest planning applications: The first is in Downhall and Rawreth ward, we think just inside Rayleigh’s parish booundary: Application 15/00448/FUL Location: Land South Of Woodville, Hullbridge Road, Rayleigh, Essex, Mixed Use of Land For The Stationing of Caravans For Residential Purposes and Keeping of Horses […]
We have been writing about the District’s Core Strategy since 2006, and there are literally hundreds of items on onlineFOCUS with the category “District Core Strategy”. If you want to see them all, starting at the beginning, you can click here. It’s been a frustrating business. It would have probably […]
The minutes for the July 23rd meeting are now on the District Council website! The District Council has voted NOT to defend the appeal on the “North of London Road” site, despite the refusal in January being supported by most councillors, the leaders of all the political groups, our local […]
The District Council website describes it as follows: Magnolia Nature Reserve on the Ashingdon/Hawkwell border is a lovely area of habitat and can usually be found alive with bird life. One of the specialties that have been found most winters in good numbers is the increasingly rare Bullfinch. This Nature […]
Another interesting place in Rochford District for a picnic, this time in the heart of Rochford town! It is close to the railway station and the Freight House. The reservoir is 3 1/2 acres in size, you can see ducks there , and if you are really lucky, the blue […]
Well done to Cllr Michael Hoy for trying to improve the District Council’ licensing policy: That was the only change to the policy and I?m pleased to say that a cumulative impact policy (saturation) is being included in the document. This means that any new applicant within the area (Rayleigh) […]
You may not know it, but we are currently in “Love Your Parks Week”. So let’s look at Barling Magna Nature Reserve. A good place for a stroll… and a picnic. We’ve written before about the reserve: … The 12 acre site had been part of the Southend Borough?s old […]
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