Libraries in Essex to close, despite Tory Claims?

After an announcement last week at the Essex County Council meeting by Cllr Finch that no library in Essex would close and the surge of Tories posting pictures of themselves posing outside libraries they have "saved", we have been waiting for the detail of the announcement to be published in the new Draft Strategy after …

Finally we return

Having been away for around a year we are now able to start posting on this site again.  In the past a number of problems have led to breaks in posts, mainly time constraints but over the last year sorting out and updating the site appropriately. We have now done updated the site and will …

Here we go again – Rochford Launches Local Plan Consultation on potentialy 7,500 houses

Friday (the 17th November) was the start of the Districts second Local Plan , when the Planning Policy Sub-Committee agreed to send the Issues & Options Document, with accompanying papers, to Extraordinary Council on to 28th November for Approval to go out to Consultation. This plan looks to build around 7,500 (figure calculated by Cllr John …

Rochford Citizen of the Year

This evening I have been attending the Rochford Citizen of the Year Award.  This is an annual ceremony to celebrate the best of the District. There are three catagories and the winners were Young Citizen - Chloe Good Charitable Support - Clair Hawtree Community Spirit - Georgie & Andrew Watson There is then an overall …

An end and a new begining

  On Thursday we had an election for Essex County Council and after serving as their County Councillor for four years the residents of Hockley and Hullbridge decided that they didn't want me anymore but would rather have the Conservative candidate (Actually the vote in Hullbridge was overwhelmingly for me, it's just Hockley is a …

Local Higways panel and the Cyclepath to nowhere.

The Local Highways panel for Rochford met on the 25 June and included in the Agenda was a report on the cycle-path along the Hullbridge Road which came to a sudden halt in May before it had reached its planned end at Ferndale Road. Residents (including myself) had been told by the people working on …

Bus Review

Both Diane and myself went to the Area Bus Review meetings at Rochford.  I went to the morning session and Diane went to the afternoon one, to which she also took a number of residents.  This review follows on from the recent consultation and the outcomes of it will dictate buses and the routes they …

Planned Work to the Watery Lane Junction with Hullbridge Road

I brought up the number of accidents at this spot just under a year ago due to the number of accidents, officially (that means reported to the Police) there have been five recent accidents at the site. At the June meeting of the Local Highways Panel the work was approved and will now be going …

The day after the night before – District Council Meeting

I have left it a day to reflect on last nights meeting before Commenting on it.  This is not an analysis of the detailed proceedings but a view of the general proceedings. Looking at the results it can appear as a triumph for the ruling Conservatives, they won the votes on the night with parking charges being …

Next Neighbourhood Action Panel Confirmed

After a long break Hullbridge is at last getting the neighbourhood Action Panels back. Hullbridge Neighbourhood Action Panel Date: 31st July 2014 19:00 - 20:00 Where: *venue to be confirmed - likely to be* Hullbridge Community Centre, Pooles Lane, Hullbridge. SS5 6PA Extra Info: THIS IS NOT A POLICE MEETING but officers will be in …