The new Labour Leader of the Council has warned that he intends to "change the way the Council allocates resources …. this means more will be targeted to where it's needed not simply to areas on the basis of the number of people living there."
Leader of the Scottish LIb Dems, WIllie Rennie MSP, addressed the issue of same-sex marriage in his speech to the Scottish Lib Dem Autumn Conference this weekend. He said:
A hearty congratulations goes to the Gosforth Garden Village Association on winning the award of over £40,000 to contribute towards them building a new association hut.
North Heaton councillore DOREEN and GREG are continuing to tackle residents' concerns over parking, pavements, speeding - and driving schools! We have been working with our neighbourhood team, police, and highways officers to observe and photograph "hot spots", and have made formal requests for action at a number of locations.
The Lemington Lib Dem campaign, led by Lawrence Hunter, to give us a decent bus service here was successful. We now have the service 13 which links South West Denton, Dumpling Hall, central Lemington, Lemington Rise, West Denton Park, Valley View and Lemington village to West Denton shops, also serving Newburn and Throckley.
Chelmsford Council is processing two major planning applications, and expects another, in the North West Chelmsford area. These include an application for 135 houses east of Patching Hall Lane/north of Essex Avenue and 223 houses south of School Lane, Broomfield. Another is expected soon for over 200 homes north of Copperfield Road. These applications were anticipated in principle following the approval by the Council of the North Chelmsford Area Action Plan in July.