I have today reported, for investigation and removal as soon as possible, yet another incident of fly
tipping at the rear of Easson Road and Westfield Avenue.
Chris Abbott
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Thursday, 8 December 2016
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Publication Local Plan Consultation
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has begun to undertake
consultation on its Publication Local Plan. The consultation period began
on Tuesday 6th December 2016 and will finish at 5pm on Tuesday 31st
January 2017.
The Local Plan
includes a vision for how the Borough should be in 2032 and sets out a strategy
for growth, identifying appropriate areas and sites for development, as well as
the necessary infrastructure to support this growth. The Local Plan will also
be used to make decisions on future planning applications and, once adopted,
will replace the Council’s existing planning framework set out in the Local
Development Framework Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD) and
Development Policies DPD, 2007, as well as a number of ‘saved’ Local Plan
Policies, originally adopted in 1999.
The Publication
Local Plan is the version of the Plan which the Council wishes to adopt. The
Council has previously consulted on the Draft Local Plan (from 27 June to 8
August 2016) and representations received on that consultation have been taken
into account, alongside other considerations, during the preparation of the
Publication Local Plan.
Following this
consultation, the Publication Version Local Plan will be submitted, together
with the representations received in this publication consultation, to the
Secretary of State for Examination in Public.
Alongside the
Publication Local Plan, the Council is also publishing the proposed Policies
Map for consultation. This sets out, on an Ordnance Survey base map, where the
site and locationally specific planning policies will apply.
The Council is
also publishing the Publication Local Plan 2016 Sustainability Appraisal and
Appropriate Assessment reports for consultation.
The Publication
Local Plan, and all of the associated documents, can be viewed online.
Copies of the Publication Local Plan can also be found at all of
the borough’s libraries, and at the Council’s offices at: Redcar and Cleveland
House, Kirkleatham Street, Redcar; and Belmont House, Rectory Lane,
Guisborough. The Sustainability Appraisal and Appropriate Assessment reports
can also be viewed for comment online and at Redcar and Cleveland House and
Belmont House.
Have your say on Redcar and Cleveland Council's budget plans
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has launched its budget consultation exercise,
following a cabinet meeting on Tuesday 6 December.
As
part of setting its financial plans for the next three to five years, the
council would like to gather the views of the borough’s residents on various
capital investment proposals, plus their thoughts on council tax levels, adult
social care precept and changes to its council tax support discount
scheme.
Residents
can get involved by downloading the questionnaire or by completing it online on
the council’s consultation webpage.
The
council will also be hosting four face to face consultation events in
Guisborough, Eston and Redcar. More information on these can be found below:
·
Guisborough
– Thursday 5 January, Sunnyfield House, at 5.30pm;
·
Eston
– Tuesday 10 January, Inspire2Learn @ Eston Civic and Learning Centre, at
5.30pm;
·
Redcar
– Tuesday 10 January, Redcar & Cleveland Leisure and Community Heart, at
12pm;
·
Redcar
– Wednesday 11 January, Redcar & Cleveland Leisure and Community Heart, at
5.30pm.
Residents
interested in attending the consultation events can register their interest on
the council’s webpage.
The
council will also be consulting with partners and seeking the views of local
businesses.
The
consultation will end on Wednesday 11 January, and the results will be fed in
to the cabinet meeting on Tuesday 24 January 2017.
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Christmas Tree Switch on Roseberry Shopping Centre, Redcar
Christmas Tree
Switch on
Roseberry Shopping Centre, Redcar
Thursday 8th December 2016
at 5pm .
Supported by Scrumptious,
Sainsbury’s, Cleveland Police and Redcar and
Cleveland Borough Council
Christmas Carols
Free hot chocolate and mince pies
Come along and join in the fun
Monday, 5 December 2016
TIME TO RAISE THE ROOF ABOUT THE LACK OF POLITICAL BALANCE IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS
I have just been out to find a copy of Issue 75 of Coastal View as I have started to advertise for electrical work in it again. It is not distributed where I live but is available from a few reasonably local outlets.
I could not believe my eyes when I looked through it. 17 of its editorial pages had items about the two Labour MPs and various Labour Councillors and that included FIVE full pages and THREE that were at least half pages full of Labour propaganda.
The Lib Dems had ONE item about the possible closure of Laburnum Library sent in by Josh Mason. I accept my item about the proposal to move the books out of Roseberry Library may have been after the deadline for this issue but I understand we sent out a few items that didn't get in.
There are a handful of items concerning Independent Councillors in the popular local paper and a couple of letters from UKIP. Nothing from the Conservatives.
We don't all have the staff paid out of the public purse that MP's have to spend all day writing articles for them but we are involved in quite a lot of things that are just as newsworthy but are ignored by the local media.
Our answer is as always we do the hard work of keeping in touch with our electors ourselves. There are quite a few newsworthy items which go out regularly in my ward newsletter Focus, on this Facebook page, and my blog. They are about local campaigning, holding the Labour Council to account and making proposals for actions that seek to make a difference for local people.
Surely it should not be down to who can afford to pay staff to feed newspapers but it clearly is you know. We no longer have an MP so we expect to have less coverage but what is happening with Labour coverage is not fair at all. Nobody else, as far as I know, is asked to comment on the claims in these Labour biased items.
We do send out press statements as well but very little gets in these days. It seems to me that newspapers no longer even try to provide balanced coverage.
The Gazette, which is Trinity Mirror owned, gave up on balance years ago. They only balance articles critical of Labour but they no longer ask opposition members to quote on items put out by the local Labour Councils.
I am sure it will turn out to be our fault as it always is but I ask myself what would Labour say if one of the other political groups got 17 pages of coverage in one local newspaper? They would raise the roof and never stop going on about it.
I could not believe my eyes when I looked through it. 17 of its editorial pages had items about the two Labour MPs and various Labour Councillors and that included FIVE full pages and THREE that were at least half pages full of Labour propaganda.
The Lib Dems had ONE item about the possible closure of Laburnum Library sent in by Josh Mason. I accept my item about the proposal to move the books out of Roseberry Library may have been after the deadline for this issue but I understand we sent out a few items that didn't get in.
There are a handful of items concerning Independent Councillors in the popular local paper and a couple of letters from UKIP. Nothing from the Conservatives.
We don't all have the staff paid out of the public purse that MP's have to spend all day writing articles for them but we are involved in quite a lot of things that are just as newsworthy but are ignored by the local media.
Our answer is as always we do the hard work of keeping in touch with our electors ourselves. There are quite a few newsworthy items which go out regularly in my ward newsletter Focus, on this Facebook page, and my blog. They are about local campaigning, holding the Labour Council to account and making proposals for actions that seek to make a difference for local people.
Surely it should not be down to who can afford to pay staff to feed newspapers but it clearly is you know. We no longer have an MP so we expect to have less coverage but what is happening with Labour coverage is not fair at all. Nobody else, as far as I know, is asked to comment on the claims in these Labour biased items.
We do send out press statements as well but very little gets in these days. It seems to me that newspapers no longer even try to provide balanced coverage.
The Gazette, which is Trinity Mirror owned, gave up on balance years ago. They only balance articles critical of Labour but they no longer ask opposition members to quote on items put out by the local Labour Councils.
I am sure it will turn out to be our fault as it always is but I ask myself what would Labour say if one of the other political groups got 17 pages of coverage in one local newspaper? They would raise the roof and never stop going on about it.
Labels:
Coastal View,
Evening Gazette,
Liberal Democrats
Sunday, 4 December 2016
Thursday, 1 December 2016
Redcar Lib Dems fight for Roseberry Library
Labour-run Redcar and Cleveland Council appears to want to split Roseberry Library up with the books going into the 25K Community Centre, the IT section staying where it is and Adult Education taking over the purpose built Library building, as part of the Council’s cost cutting Shaping Our Future 3 programme.
But the possible partial closure of the library is unacceptable. My Newcomen Ward Lib Dem Community Campaigners Laura Benson (pictured centre) and my daughter Kelly Seaman (left) have joined the campaign and hope to encourage more people to sign our online petition.
The Council should leave Roseberry Library intact as it currently is. More should be made of its potential as a meeting place. Roseberry Library is in the best possible position for the area it has served for around 50 years.
It had been the hub of the former Roseberry Square Shopping Centre and is now an important feature of the modern Roseberry Shopping Centre.
Losing the Library will also have a negative effect on the businesses that operate in the Shopping Centre.
Saturday, 19 November 2016
Please sign my petition to keep Roseberry Library in Roseberry Shopping Centre
Redcar and
Cleveland Borough Council's 'Shaping our Future 3' strategy proposes moving the
books out of Roseberry Library in Roseberry Shopping Centre, Roseberry
Road, Redcar.
It proposes moving them into the 25K Centre, whilst leaving the IT equipment in Roseberry Library and moving Adult Education into the building.
The Council should leave Roseberry Library intact as it currently is. More should be made of its potential as a meeting place. Roseberry Library is in the best possible position for the area it has served for around 50 years.
It had been the hub of the former Roseberry Square Shopping Centre and
is now an important feature of the modern Roseberry Shopping Centre. Losing the
Library will also have a negative effect on the businesses that operate in the
Shopping Centre.
Please sign the petition by clicking here:
Please sign the petition by clicking here:
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