Wednesday nights, Rawreth Parish Council monthly meeting descended into chaos, with threats of resignations by both the Chairman and the clerk, in what appears to be a bad reaction to criticism by residents. Chaos continued within the meeting when a member of the council felt it appropriate to ask a […]
A bit like politics, house building is a dirty business! Especially when the weather takes a turn for the worse. We’ve recently been inundated with complaints reporting debris and mud on the road and have taken this up swiftly with Rochford District Councils enforcement team who have been to the […]
We sent our trusty Lib Dem Cllr, Chris Stanley, a seemingly ‘Mission Impossible’ Your mission should you choose to accept it – contact Essex County Council and ask for a repair to the footpath and kerb outside the Doctors surgery on Rawreth Lane Well, onlineFOCUS has had a ‘mission report’ […]
Some residents have received a letter from David Wilson homes to inform them that works will start on the 18th February 2019 for approximately 2 weeks to remove some of the hedges. These are required in connection with the scheduled road improvements. We can only assume that this is in […]
The landfill operation at Dollyman’s Farm is one step closer to realisation and the company behind the operation will be holding a public display of their plans on the 27th November 2018 at the Rayleigh Town Museum. The land commonly known as ‘The Crater Field’, will be used to dump inert […]
Unfortunately, some areas in the District seem to get overlooked when it comes to fly-tipping cleanups. We’ve had a resident contact us due to their frustration in trying to get the Council to deal with the repeated fly-tipping that is occurring on the Old London Road. Not only has the […]
onlineFOCUS readers will know that we’ve seen this application before. Home to the popular diner, Fairways cafe, and other small businesses, this site is located in the Downhall & Rawreth ward. Details of the new application are; Outline Application to Demolish Commercial and Retail Units and Construct 4no. Two Bedroom, 7no. Three Bedroom […]
[last-modified] The onlineFOCUS team have made further inquiries and have discovered that the Scouts have taken up the land, although we are not sure when construction of their scout hut will begin at the moment. As soon as we know we will post more information… scouts honour! Eagle-eyed onlineFOCUS readers may have […]
Update Councillor & Campaigner James Newport has reported back to the FOCUS team that the roof top garden has been closed (cleared). Reports from users of the Rayleigh Leisure Centre, also indicate that some efforts are being made on internal maintenance. James has contacted both Rayleigh & Clements Hall Leisure […]
We heard from some residents today that unfortunately, the Tory canvassers have had to fabricate a story about us Lib Dems joining forces with UKIP. We know most of them live in cloud cuckoo land, but really – is this the best they can think of? It’s sad that the […]
Often vacant at Council meetings, is the public gallery. Whatever Council meeting that may be, Parish, Town & District – the fact is there is lack of interest from the public in the proceedings. A resident told us today that she had been ‘shouted down’ whilst speaking a Council meeting. […]
What’s this all about? Well, this is the Strategic Housing and Employment Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) which will form part of the evidence in the new local plan. The issue of SHELAA will always, in my opinion, be contentious. It is worth noting that at this stage although the sites have […]
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