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Last year showed that we can’t expect companies to cope with organizing social care on their own. We all know of carers who have to drive backwards and forwards across the county because of a lack of organization. This fragmentation is very wasteful- waste that we can’t afford when budgets have been decimated by central…
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The green spaces that lie between houses, particularly on newer estates can belong to the Borough or County Councils, or to the developer who built the estate. These patches of green are fundamental to the visual appearance of the estates, and the community gardens, vegetable patches and bug and bird houses springing up on them…
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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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