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RDC Investment Board Takes Day Trip To Suffolk
The highly controversial asset delivery programme took Council officers and Councillors on a recent visit to Suffolk where a development of new Council offices was looked at to help Councillors envisage what the programme is mooted to deliver. Chris Stanley, who sits on the Investment Board committee has maintained our […]
In For A Penny, In for Fifty Grand
The public outrage that followed the obscene amount of public money to replace the public toilets on Crown Hill, would appear nothing than a minor inconvenience to the Conservative Councillors at Rochford District Council and Rayleigh Town Council. Rochford District Council are spending MORE money on repairing the building now […]
The Writing Could Be On The Wall (Rather Than The Page) For Many Libraries In Our District
There’s been a lot of press around the proposed library closures by Essex Council Council recently. With a public consultation and numerous petitions running (here is the Lib Dem petition), Rochford Conservatives, Cllrs Mike Steptoe (Deputy Leader) & Terence Cutmore put the following motion on notice at Tuesday’s RDC full council […]
An Application Received For Change of Use For Crown Hill Toilets
In what could be considered one of the longest running projects in the history of Rochford District Council (we’re not sure if this is true, but it sure feels like it), an application has been received from Rochford District Council to itself for a change of use for the Crown […]
Rayleigh Town Council Clashes With Rochford District Council Over Traveller Site Allocations
It appears Rayleigh Town Councils Councillors are beginning to get fed up with Rochford Districts Council failure to deliver a legal travellers site in the District. In an impassioned letter from Rayleigh Town Council, Rochford District Councils managing director, Shaun Scrutton is taken to task over their lack of delivery […]
Council IT Systems Reported to Back Online
Rochford District Council, has been busy issuing communications on Twitter, Facebook and it’s website to report that after over a week, it’s IT systems are back online. However onlineFOCUS is still having issues trying to access the planning portal and related content. It seems their IT is really broken! Our […]
More Flats for The Town Centre
An application has been submitted to demolish ‘Thirteen Fusion’ more popularly remembered as the former ‘Yings’ chinese restaurant. Demolition of existing building and construct A3 unit (ground floor), with 10 no. flats above and associated car parking to rear The full details of the application can be found on the […]
Changes to Opening Hours at Civic Suite
Changes to the opening hours at the Civic suite have been announced on the RDC facebook page. The Civic Suite will now close at 2pm on Fridays. When we read the word ‘efficiency’, we can’t help thinking ‘cutback’ – we’re not sure if this means any job losses at RDC […]