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.
1.
Eastwood Post Office
At their meeting last week, Eastwood Town council decided to
buy the Post Office building for their new offices. This week they met and
appointed a solicitor and an architect. This means that the council will now
have a permanent base again in town. Although part of the building will be used
for offices, the main area will be used as a community facility where, for a
small fee, any group in town will be able to use the room. Another upside to
this is that the Post Office will remain. If a developer had bought the
property he could have ended the lease and put in an application to pull it
down and build flats. Eastwood would then have been left with no Post Office.
2.
HS2 Benefits
Research by accountants KMPG, published this week, suggests
that Broxtowe could benefit from the HS2 by between £154million and
£331million. The council has set up a working group to look at the area and how
we can ensure that we are maximising the benefits, and I have the honour of
chairing that. We have our first meeting this week to get the process moving
and we will be contacting interested parties in due course to invite them to
participate as well.
3.
“No Trick or Treat” Posters
As usual as we approach Halloween the police have made available
posters that people can display to show that trick-or-treaters should not call.
These can be downloaded from http://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=17538&p=0
or from http://bramcotetoday.org.uk/.
4.
Nottingham Credit Union, Rumbletums, Kimberley
The rescheduled meeting to discuss the proposed Nottingham
Credit Union information point at Rumbletums will take place at the cafe (2a
Victoria Street, Kimberley) on Thursday
31st October at 6.30pm. For more details about this contact Jeff Buck on jeff.buck2768@btinternet.com.
5.
Focus Deliverer Needed
The Lib-Dems currently need a new deliverer to deliver Focus
in Bramcote on Chesham Drive, Sloan Drive, Wembley Gardens and Kilburn Close.
As residents of these streets will know we deliver Focus every quarter in
Bramcote, free of charge, to all of the village (as we do in many other parts
of the borough). Delivery rounds take about 45 minutes each four times a year,
so if you could help us do this we would be very grateful. Just get in touch
with me if you can help. We’re always also grateful for any offers of help
elsewhere so if you can assist please just let me know.
6.
County Council Minerals Plan
Notts County Council are currently consulting on their new
mineral plan. This is a significant matter for Broxtowe as the mineral plan
deals with, amongst other things, where and when open cast mining would be
permitted. The consultation is available at www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/minerals
and the closing date is Wednesday 4th December.
7.
Remembrance Day Parades
Stapleford’s Remembrance Day Parade takes place on Sunday 10th
November and will lead to a number of road closures between 10.45 and 12.00. The
parade starts on Halls Road, travels to Walter Parker Square on B5010 Derby
Road for the Remembrance Service. Upon completion of the service the parade
continues along B5010 Derby Road, turns right onto B6003 Toton Lane, then right
onto Eatons Road. It then turns right again onto Victoria Street, then left
back onto B5010 Derby Road where it travels back to the starting point on Halls
Road.
Nuthall’s Remembrance Day parade will result in roads being
closed from 10.30 to 12.00. Nottingham Road will be closed between Nuthall
Roundabout and Watnall Road.
8.
Daybrook Learning Centre
This is based in Arnold but I’m mentioning it because the
County Council say that their current consultation, about whether or not to
close it permanently, would affect people in Broxtowe. If you wish to have a
say then visit the County Council's website where you can completing the
council's response form on-line. The closing date for the receipt of
comments on this proposal is Friday 6 December 2013.
9.
College House Fireworks
College House junior school in Chilwell are holding a
fireworks night on Saturday 2nd November starting at 6pm. Admission
costs £3.50 for adults and £2.50 for children.
10.
Shortwood Farm
The consultation on whether to permit open cast mining at
Shortwood Farm in Cossall has now reopened. This is because the county council
rejected the original application for technical defects and it has been
resubmitted. I have ensured that the
Borough Council have already resubmitted our complete objection to the scheme.
11.
Ambulance Response Cars
East Midlands Ambulance Service has unveiled new response
cars to enable it to achieve the response time targets for 999 calls. The cars enable
trained volunteers to give assistance prior to the arrival of the paramedics
and are equipped with two way radio’s as well as medical equipment. One of
these cars will be based in Beeston.
12.
Train Times
East Midlands trains have unveiled their new timetable for
the winter and from December trains from Beeston to London will be up to 8
minutes faster, due to the work that has taken place this year. This is welcome
news, but I’ve already seen on the web that the train I was due to get to take
me to London tomorrow morning has been cancelled because of the storms forecast
for tonight. Whilst talking about the trains may I also mention that Network
Rail have submitted plans to install wi-fi at Beeston station which will be
available for commuters to use.
13.
Stapleford History Society
The next meeting of the Stapleford and District History
Society will take place on Wednesday 13th November at Maycliffe Hall
in Stapleford, starting at 7.30pm. The meeting will include a presentation
about Hopewell Hall and entrance is £2.50.
14.
Parking Consultation
Notts County Council is currently consulting on introducing
a residents-only parking scheme for Endsleigh Gardens and Muriel Road in
Beeston. The consultation is open until 6th November (sorry about
the short notice – I missed this originally) and permits will cost £25 each,
although they will be free for those over 75 or holding a blue badge. If you
have any comments on the proposals please write to The County Council, Trent
Bridge House, Fox Road, West Bridgford.
15.
Solar Panels at Ikea
The borough council have granted planning permission for
Ikea to install 1,000 solar panels on the roof of their store in Giltbrook.
This is part of their programme to get their stores entirely dependent on
renewable power and I’m delighted to welcome this initiative.
16.
Kimberley War Memorial
A campaign has been launched to raise £20,000 to restore the
Grade II listed war memorial in Kimberley. The organisers hope that this can be
done before a march next year by the Royal Engineers based at Chetwynd
Barracks.
17.
University Numbers
An interesting piece of information released this week was
that nearly half of all youngsters in Broxtowe go on to university. 46% of all
school leavers in the borough go on to university, compared to 54% from
Rushcliffe, 36% from Gedling and 23% from Ashfield.
As ever thank you for your support for this newsletter. Any
feedback is gratefully received.
Best wishes
David
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