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Posts To Remember
“It?s the people who make a town special, though”
Chris Black has an article on the Guardian website today, on this special morning for Rayleigh. Here is the text, with some added links and photos: ” If you want to see the most charming council house in Britain, come and visit the Dutch Cottage in Rayleigh. It?s tiny, octagonal […]
“Green Party Leader Coming To Hullbridge And Hockley”
It’s probably been a looooong time since a leader of one of the political parties came to our district. David Steel stopped off for a photo at Rayleigh Weir in 1983, but we can’t recall any others since then. However according to Cllr Michael Hoy, the leader of the Green […]
Beauty Studio Application to go to Main Committee
A planning application for a beauty studio is causing some controversy. It’s a rather small application – to convert some derelict toilets at Lubbards Farm , Hullbridge Road ,Rayleigh into a beauticians studio with up to two staff. The link to the council’s website with details of the application is […]
Downhall Under Fives
Downhall Under Fives planning application to return to their old site behind Ferndale Road comes before the District Council committee on March 27th – and it’s recommended for refusal. You can download the full agenda here, but here are the officers reasons: It is proposed that this Committee RESOLVES to […]
Floody Saturday
You won’t be surprised to know that Watery Lane is flooded – more bad times for the people who live there. But it’s been a dreadful day across our district. Homes flooded, roads flooded, roofs letting in water, fish escaping from garden ponds, road surfaces damaged and debris been carried […]
Don’t Be Surprised That The Public Are Surprised !
Chris Black writes: In many parts of Rayleigh there is a sudden realisation about the proposed developments to the west of the town. People are upset that they didn’t know about it. Why didn’t they know about it ? 1 – The process has been dragging on for seven years […]