Welcome to Broxtowe Enews, brought to you by the Liberal
Democrats and edited by David Watts, the leader of the Lib-Dems on Broxtowe
Borough Council. May I give a special welcome to the new readers that we have
this week.
May I start by apologising that the Enews is a bit late this
week, I was struck down by a heavy cold and not in the best of states to write
for the past couple of days.
1.
Broxtowe Core Strategy
Broxtowe Borough Council will be meeting next Monday evening
to debate the new core strategy for the borough. This is the central plank of
the council’s development plan for the next 15 years. The publicity so far,
understandably, has been around housing proposals but the strategies to be
debated cover much more, including the environment, the town centres, transport
and others. Everyone is welcome to attend. The meeting starts at 7.00pm at the
Town Hall, Foster Avenue, Beeston. I will be sending a fact sheet about the
core strategy next week, but if you want it in advance it should be on our
website at www.broxtoweliberaldemocrats.org.uk
during the week.
2.
New Mayor and Deputy Mayor
At the borough council meeting last week Iris White was
elected as the new mayor of Broxtowe after having been the deputy mayor last
year. The new deputy mayor will be Bramcote Lib-Dem councillor Stan
Heptinstall. As a result Stan will be
standing down from the cabinet on the council and his place is being taken by
fellow Bramcote Lib-Dem councillor Ian Tyler. (Unfortunately I completely
missed tonight’s cabinet meeting as I was stuck in a traffic jam in Leicester
for an hour!)
3.
Bramcote Bonanza
The Bramcote School will be holding their Bramcote Bonanza on
Friday 12th July from 5.00pm to 8.00pm. This will include stalls,
sideshows, live music and face painting. Everyone will be welcome to attend.
4.
School Governors Wanted
White Hills Park Federation of Schools are currently advertising
for new school governors. If you would like to take on this important role
which supports the school then please contact Karen Sims, Clerk to the
Governors on 0115 9078111 for further details.
5.
Same Sex Marriage meeting
Anna Soubry MP is holding a public meeting to discuss the
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on Thursday 16th May, 7:30pm-8:30pm, at Clarkes Lane
Methodist Church, Chilwell. Everyone is welcome to attend.
6.
Beeston Police Station
Work is now well underway to move Beeston Police Station.
From early June the police station will be located in the Civic Centre on
Foster Avenue, along with the borough council and Citizens Advice Bureaux. A
Police front counter service will be open from Monday to Thursday, 8.30am until
5.00pm, and Fridays 8.30am until 4.30pm.
7.
Stag Recreation Ground, Kimberley
The Stag Recreation Ground in Kimberley is getting a £200,000
makeover and school children are being asked to choose the equipment. £35,000
of the funding has come from Broxtowe Borough Council, £50,000 came from
Nottinghamshire County Council’s Local Improvement Scheme and a contribution of
£18,600 was made by Kimberley Town Council. The town council, which is running
the project, is now applying for £100,000 Landfill Funding to make up the
total. The views of residents and local children about what equipment should be
installed on the park can on the Kimberley Town Council website at www.kimberleytowncouncil.org.uk.
8.
Housing Application for Nuthall
Developers have submitted plans to build a 550 house
development in Nuthall alongside the A6002. This is on a site where the HS2 is
proposed to pass through, although it’s fair to say that the HS2 staff didn’t know
anything about the proposals until I told them about it at a recent meeting.
The application will need to be considered by the Development Control Committee
in the future.
9.
New Trees
Beeston and District Civic Society engaged at the end of
last month in a programme of planting new trees across the town, following
suggestions from local residents as to the possible locations. This is an
excellent project and they have also asked local residents to take on the role
of tree guardians to water and look after the new plantings. Trees were planted
in five locations across Beeston.
10.
Kimberley Pram Race
It was disappointing to read this week that Kimberley Town
Council are considering stopping the towns annual pram race. Unfortunately in
recent years drunken behaviour associated with the event have led to complaints
and difficulties ensuring that the event can be properly policed. It is a shame
that the actions of a drunken minority may have spoiled it for the majority who
usually enjoy the event.
As ever thank you for your support for this newsletter. Any
feedback is gratefully received.
Best wishes
David
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