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Last month I wrote a little about how to ask public questions at the Rushcliffe Borough Council Cabinet. In short you can ask a question on items on the agenda, as long as you email democraticservices@rushcliffe.gov.uk or write to the council within the allotted time frame (this month’s cut off is today (sorry it’s been…
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Radcliffe’s County Councillor is the leader of Nottinghamshire Council and yet she openly describes herself as a “climate change denier”, she has described people who try to eat sustainably as “ridiculous” and she continues to defend our Council’s £250 million fossil fuel-based investments. Under such short-sighted leadership It is little surprise that our council is…
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There is less than 1 week left to provide your feedback on the plans to change the A52 Bingham Road /Harlequin junction. The plans involve widening the road and changing the signage so that people travelling East on the A52 cannot turn into Bingham Road and those coming out of Carter Avenue are not allowed…
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As more and more people move in to the new homes built up Shelford road, the route over the railway crossing is going to become an increasing bottleneck for cars, bikes and pedestrians. The Shelford road developers are paying a “Community Infrastructure Levy” as a condition for building on our greenbelt. I don’t think this…
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Following the success of the community tree scheme and wildflower seed packets to residents (and Rushcliffe Labour’s motion to council!), Rushcliffe Borough Council are now extending the offer of free seeds to Parish Councils and communities. Rushcliffe Borough Council can provide up to 3kg of the wildflower general purpose mix seed which can cover approximately…
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The Labour Party Candidates in for the three West Bridgford Divisions in for this year’s county council elections are holding a town meeting on the 28th of February 2021. Please come along and meet Bal Bansal, Julie Chaplain, and Penny Gowland, to discuss the issues that matter to you most. The meeting will be held…
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Borough Councillors at Rushcliffe were recently informed that there had been a technical issue where comments sent via email may have been blocked by security software and lost. The Strategic Plan (full title above!) sets out the major housing developments across Nottinghamshire (including Rushcliffe) until 2038. Recently I went through the document and put the…
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In the last month the Rushcliffe Labour Borough Councillors have taken part in several meetings and groups. Cllr Naz Begum attended the growth and development scrutiny group meeting, where there was an update on the progress of the Abbey Depot site. The companies developing the site, and the architects gave a presentation on developing plans…
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Notts County Council is consulting on its Active Travel Plan, and it’s underwhelming. But there is a plan for improvements on Regatta Way (click on green button near bottom of page: plans are at the very bottom of next page). But with all the new housing we must have alternative ways of getting around, to…
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This week I have spent time speaking to three households in huge distress about planning applications in their road. Obviously house design is a personal matter but I have come to the conclusion that many of the extensions going up are really far too large for our area. To make matters worse, they are often…
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