he Environment Agency now have new maps on their website that give information about the risk of your particular area being flooded from sea or from a river. The maps aren’t the easiest to use, but once you have located your home, you can click to see what risk category […]
It’s good to see them making an effort , but we can’t give very high marks to the recent Tory leaflet in Whitehouse Ward. Here’s some criticisms of what they say: “Rochford – A Top Authority”. No mention that our Tory-Controlled Council has been officially rated as “A Weak Council”. […]
The District Council is going to take over responsibility for licensing premises that are used to supply alcohol or provide hot food and drink between 11pm and 5am. This obviously includes pubs and late-night burger-vans etc. The council will also be involved with regulating club and places that need entertainment […]
It was mentioned at Rawreth Parish Council this month that there’s been a spate of caravan stealing in the area.. Apparently the culprits are coming from other counties – they aren’t local villains – so be careful.
County Highways have refused to put up a directional sign showing the way to St Nicholas Church, Rawreth. A sign would certainly be useful because you can’t see the church from the main road. Apparently the main reason for refusing it is that it lies on a road with “Church” […]
There’s a planning application just in on land north of the Bricklayers Arms in Trenders Avenue, Rawreth. It’s for “Retention of Existing Mobile Buildings for Recreational Purposes in Connection with the Use of Site for/as Active Recreation (Football Pitches)”. Most people in the ward won’t even know where this is […]
This year one of the commonest complaints from residents has been about grafitti, and sometimes it’s been very difficult to get the District Council to act quickly (although they do say they will respond immediately to any particularly offensive grafitti). Apparently there’s supposed to be a “graffiti hotline” but it […]
Some councillors are concerned that central government might sometime force the District Council to build on some of our open spaces and green areas . Or perhaps we might get taken over by Southend or Basildon and they might want to develop our open spaces. There’s no obvious signs of […]
As mentioned below, the petition for a skateboarding facility in Wakering was discussed at a District Council committee meeting on Sept 30th. Credit where it’s due – Tory Councillor Barbara Wilkins made a very effective, almost passionate speech on behalf of the young people involved. Chris Black followed her by […]
Congratulations to veteran Lib Dem Geoff Williams , who has just won a County Council by-election in Basildon , winning a seat from the Tories. The voting was: Geoff Williams (Lib Dem) 1167 Conservatives 999 Labour 426
There’s been a planning application to build a wind turbine at “Sherbourne” – the property in Eastcheap that’s more or less inside Sweyne Park. We understand the idea is is to convert the domestic heating of this place from gas to windpower. The turbine will be about 9 metres high. […]
From October 1st the District Council will be enforcing the rules about on-street parking , doing a lot of things that traffic wardens have previously done before. You can expect the rules about yellow lines to be enforced rather more effectively now, so be warned! Find out more from the […]
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