The top education councillor in Essex , Mrs Iris Pummell , visited the district council on Jan 15th, after a request from ourselves (Chris Black and Ron Oatham). It was good of her to come, but we didn’t get much fresh information – St Nicholas School is still expected to […]
Despite a lot of local concern, the proposal for the social housing scheme was pushed through at the December full meeting of the District Council. It was quite a short debate – with not many speakers although two of the Lib Dems from outside the ward spoke, neither of the […]
The District Council is creating a new “Local Plan” . This will determine what land can be used for housing in the next few years. The Council has already decided what sites it wants to be used for housing – most of this land is off Rawreth Lane, which is […]
Chris emailed the Rochford District Council finance department this morning to get some news on how much government grant we will get in 2004. This is crucial for working out how much council tax people will be charged next year. Unfortunately the situation is as clear as mud. We are […]
We have heard that the Sports Pitch and Floodlights application at Sweyne Park School has hit a snag. The County Council has told a neighbouring resident that the current application doesn’t fully describe how there will be a change in use of the land , from school use only to […]
One of Chris’ workmates saw a very large rat in Webster’s Way Car Park recently, in broad daylight. Not something that gives the impression of a high quality shopping centre. We have also heard about rat problems elsewhere around the town centre. (The National Trust had to deal with them […]
Ron spoke to the Environmental Health people at Rochford,who said that they had visited the farm together with the Fire Authority who had advised that it should be left undisturbed to burn itself out, because to open it up to extinguish it could cause more problems. If you have any […]
Rochford District Council has now formally objected to the scheme for floodlights and an allweather sports pitch at Sweyne Park School. This is in addition to objections from about 50 residents- and a few councillors. However it is the County Council who will decide whether to allow it- probably at […]
he County Council’s School Organisation Plan predicts that 20 schools in our district won’t have enough places to satisfy local needs in five years time. Worst affected seems to be Glebe Junior, which will “have a deficit” of 45 places- anfd that’s without allowing for any new housing developments. We […]
Archaeologists have discovered an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery on part of the Park School playing fields- on land that is going to be built on. Apparently the bodies that were found date back to the 5th or 6th centuries. It is quite fascinating to think that Rawreth Lane might have been a […]
Bellwinch’s planning application for part of the Read’s Nursery site was refused at Sept 25th’s planning meeting – unanimously. Chris moved refusal on the grounds of: – overdevelopment without regard to the quality of urban living – unsatisfactory design and layout – lack of phasing of educational and medical facilities […]
The Council chamber was packed on Tuesday 2nd September. Residents were angry at not being consulted on several social housing schemes in the District – particularly at Hambro Close . The Council was forced to backtrack and offer proper public consultation. No decision has been taken on these schemes – […]
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