Councillor’s Advice Surgery

  2pm, Thursday, 27^th March 2008 

Hanover Court Common Room 

Claire, the Hanover Court Estate Manager, has extremely kindly given permission for me to hold a Councillor’s Advice Surgery in Hanover Court. 

I will be in the Common Room from 2pm-3pm to help with any queries you have or any advice you want on local issues. I look forward to meeting you.

I am a member of the Borough Council’s Community & Culture Committee. The Committee has recently agreed to the Liberal Democrat proposal that Stewartby should be one of four pilot “Super Output Areas”.  These SOAs (Super Output Areas) will be the four the Committee is reviewing what can be done in to influence their measures of deprivation (officially known as Indices of Multiple Deprivation). These measures include things like:% of Pensioners with ill health.% of adults with no educational qualifications.% of adults with no independent transport.Stewartby is one of two rural areas with some of the worst measures. 

As part of the review, the Committee is holding a Public Forum in each of the four “Super Output Areas” to find out your views on what the Committee is doing. The Stewartby one is on 10th April at 3pm. If you cannot make the Stewartby one, please let me know of any views you have on this issue.

Several residents have been in touch with me on this issue.

Speeding cars along Stewartby Way are making it difficult for the residents of the Sir Malcolm Stewart Homes to cross the road to the nearby bus stop.

I have today submitted an application pack to the County Council supporting this much needed sign. However on past experience I am not hopeful the sign will be provided this year. As usual County Highways seem to need someone to die on the road before they will provide a sign or a crossing. What a farce.

Local residents contacted me 15 months ago to express their concern about local kids climbing the tree outside 3, Sanders Way and looking into various bedrooms.

After months of trying to find out who owns the tree, the Borough have thanfully now finally put their hand up to claim ownership.

The tree is decaying in several palces so the opportunity will be taken to solve the issue raised and help the tree at the same time.