Asset Strategy

Rochford District Council will be meeting on the 19th October 2021 to discuss the options for the Mill Hall Site as part of the Asset Delivery Programme. Councillors will be debating one of two options: 1) to note the ‘Revised Scheme’ for The Mill Arts & Events Centre site set […]

83% of residents have outright objected to the principles of the redevelopment of the Mill Hall site and 86% of residents surveyed have outright objected to the principles of Rayleigh’s Civic Suite. The Rayleigh Lib Dems will continue to campaign against these current dire plans for the redevelopment of these […]

The pressure continues to mount as TV crew interviews the Save Mill Hall Campaign group over the Conservatives plans to demolish the Mill Hall whilst stripping Rayleigh of it’s community assets and spending its spoils in Rochford. ITV Anglia have taken up the story and the piece will be shown […]

There’s trouble over the Mill project and wider asset strategy and it could come crashing down like a house of cards, with the many residents having rapidly lost faith, and with recent developments, we know that the Conservatives are now in full-on panic mode. Lessons haven’t be learned from the […]

In an astonishing revelation by the leader of the Rochford District Council, he announced that the he did not know the costs to refurbish The Mill Hall Arts & Events centre during the pre-application webinar held last night. Residents from across the community sent many questions into the Council prior […]

Last night, opposition members voted to refuse the plans to proceed to move forward with the building of new Council offices, whilst selling off the existing public assets. In their heartfelt pleas, they urged members of the Council to defer the decision to move forward with the project in the […]

In a public report listed on Rochford District Council’s website, it has been revealed that there are plans to demolish The Mill Arts & Events Centre. Plans for the future of this venue and the Civic Suite have been shrouded in secrecy by the Council with no public consultation. The […]

Lib Dem Local Party Chairman shares his views on Super Councils and plans being made by our District Council To: Echo LettersYour recent article about Super-councils really highlighted, to coin a phrase, the ‘white elephant in the room’ for Rochford District Council.  With amazing timing, in the middle of a […]

At a meeting on the 19th May 2020, District Councillors were asked to vote on the asset strategy, which includes the redevelopment ofRayleigh Mill HallRayleigh Civic SuiteSouth Street Council OfficesThe Freight HouseCouncillors took a vote on the following (The full report can be read here)That the outcome of the procurement […]

Yes, Rochford District Council’s Conservative majority, have gleefully voted to “appoint a development partner” to continue with their asset strategy programme. Despite calls by minority groups to ‘pause and reflect’ on the pre coronavirus plans, Conservative Councillors remained convinced that the asset strategy programme was destined to be continued and […]