Yesterdays meeting with Neptune’s consultants (NJL) to discuss their latest proposals for the public realm area of the redevelopment of New Brighton Promenade.
...to empty our brown bins...
I have been approached by several residents about the condition of the grass reinstated on the Tower Grounds, following United Utilities work to build an underground storage tank
I was amazed at the scale of the building work and am sure that it is going to be a very impressive new theatre.
Thieves took one set of figures before they could be reset into the ground.
PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF CONSERVATION AREA AT THE MAGAZINES, NEW BRIGHTON
Plans to share All Saints Church - without consultation with parishioners from SS Peter and Paul’s
Numbers accessing specialist alcohol services in Wirral have increased by 54% over the last three years and there are estimated to be in excess of 50,000 people in Wirral drinking in a hazardous or harmful way.
Yet another Planning Application has been submitted to WBC for Greenbank, 1a Rowson St, New...
Planning Application to convert to a care Home
Our latest New Brighton 'grot spot clean up' took place in conjunction with...
Congratulations to s.o.u.l for another informative and well attended meeting at the Hollins Hey Hotel, New Brighton.
I have been assured that there are no plans to relocate the canopies on New Brighton Promenade within the revised Neptune Development.
Don’t forget that Soul (Save Our Unique Landmark) will be holding an open meeting tonight.
Ron Jones, President of the New Brighton Trade and Business Association, recently said goodbye to...
Local resident and Field Road campaigner Danny Doyle let me know that a parking restriction post...
Sue Taylor, Vice Chair of Friends of Tower Grounds, regularly updates me on the group’s...
On Tuesday afternoon Cllr Bill Duffey and I met with representatives from Neptune to discuss current plans to redevelop New Brighton.
- have submitted their application for outline planning permission for Phase II of their regeneration plans for New Brighton.
Like many areas of New Brighton Field Road is frequently plagued with groups of...
in New Brighton this Month!
Over recent weeks the Wirral News Group has given it’s readers the opportunity to nominate a Wirral place or structure that they consider would deserve a place on a list to mark The Seven Wonders of Wirral.
At last action will be taken to enforce the law and we will have more than 30 officials able to punish offending dog owners, on the spot.
Last night's full Council meeting
and The Wirral Show this weekend
- being recycled!!!
'soul' at The Wirral Show on 14th and 15th July
From 1st of July 2007 virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces in England will become smoke-free.
A Planning Application (Planning Application number- 20076157) has been submitted for the change...
Local issues.
Not everyone has the room or enough garden waste for a compost bin, but if you do, you may like to...
The Wirral international kite festival will take place on New Brighton Dips, on Saturday June 30 and Sunday July 1
– Temporary Road Closure Order
Wirral Anti-Social Behaviour Team has joined forces with Wirral Youth Offending Service, the Council's Streetscene service, Virgin Media and BT Openreach to tackle the issues of graffiti and flyposting.
My grey bin was repaired this afternoon, but.....
Damaged on delivery!
The New Brighton Conservative Action Team will be arranging more ‘Green Action Days’ in the near future and you would still be very welcome to nominate an area of New Brighton that you would like to see cleaned up.
For more than three years, residents have been asking for the gated alley-way that runs from Victoria Road through to Tollemache Street to be cleared of rubbish.
Yesterday morning I was contacted by residents, who let me know that four trees were being felled at the old Salisbury Day Centre, in Salisbury Road, New Brighton.
At their next meeting on 7th June, Cabinet will consider a report to update them on the £1 million programme of improvements to be started this summer, along the Promenade between Seacombe and New Brighton.
Standing room only at the Hollins Hey Hotel for last night's meeting to discuss the future of SS Peter & Paul's Church.
Following my concerns raised on behalf of local residents, work has now started on the crazy narrow junction at Field Road and Rowson Street.
The public meeting to discuss the future of SS Peter and Paul’s Church will be at The Hollins Hey Hotel on 30th May 2007 at 7.30pm.
In just two years, the number of unemployed in Wirral has increased by 30%!
Over the past few weeks, local news coverage has highlighted how Wirral residents are being watched more, yet listened to less!
The four drunken teenagers involved in mindless vandalism at Rake Lane cemetery, causing almost over half a million pounds worth of damage, have been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court
and thank you to everyone who supported me in this year’s Council elections for New Brighton
is a group formed to oppose this weekend’s dismissive decision by Church Trustees to close SS Peter and Paul's Church in two years time,
From New Brighton
Safety officers from the Council’s Highways Department have decided that the junction at Field Rd and Rowson St must be re-widened by 2metres
Last night I attended a Parishioners Option Meeting at SS Peter and Pauls Primary...
....losing a valuable community resource
Another one bites the dust!
Tower Grounds - Litter Pick
Residents wanted one of the entries in Wentworth Ave to be alley gated
- New Businesses
I have been approached by many residents about the appearance of a large advertising board, chained to the Tower Grounds sign.
A couple of days ago, I was very concerned to see that the busy junction at Field Rd and Rowson Street was being drastically reduced in width
Wallasey Conservatives have made the Lifeboats our Charity of the year
.. was won on Appeal to the Secretary of State.
New Brighton and Wallasey Area Forum will take place on Tuesday 27th February at Greenleas Primary School, Green Lane, Wallasey from 7-9pm
Wirral will soon be introducing a new recycling service for paper and packaging. You will be able to recycle paper, glass, cardboard, tins, cans and plastic bottles all together in a grey wheelie bin.
....I proposed a motion asking for Council to express concerns about new figures released on youth-on-youth crime in the UK.
On Thursday evening I attended a Trustee Meeting for The Gorse Millennium Park.
Yesterday, I was contacted by New Brighton Primary School about the unstable condition of a 7ft double brick wall that runs along this entry.
We have arranged a Green Action Day at The Tower Grounds on Saturday 10th March 07, starting at 11am.
I am really concerned at new figures which have exposed the true extent of youth-on-youth crime.
....have let me know that United Utilities will be running an ‘information caravan’ - on the prom, Today Wednesday 7th Feb 07
Residents from several of New Brighton’s sheltered accommodation apartment blocks raised concerns about the close proximity of the late night bus.
Over recent months, Merseyside Police have been targeting youth disorder, underage drinking and criminal damage on New Brighton’s streets.
– A not so Grand decision
Planning application number APP/2007/5103
... How to object or make a comment
As part of the Traffic Regulation Order Review, notices have today been posted on each site and local residents letter dropped to inform them about amendments to the waiting restrictions:
Following our petition and successful campaign, the residents of Magazine Lane are relieved that...
Following several meetings with residents, I've arranged for Council officers to do a site...
The recent episode of severe winds have again caused the large Perspex roofing sheets of...
Both Cllr Leah Fraser (Liscard and Egremont ward) and I have been approached by many...
Tower Grounds Promenade
Last Wednesday afternoon, Comedian Stan Boardman was invited to help families at Cardigan Road, New Brighton, celebrate moving into their new homes.
A public meeting will take place tonight, 6th November 2006, from 7.15pm, at Field Rd Health Centre.
Last Thursday afternoon we had a really successful first meeting of the newly formed Friends of Tower Grounds Group.
This year’s lights will be turned on by Brookside stars Suzanne Collins and Ann Marie Davies and Radio City’s Pete Price. They will be joined by two local school children, one from each of New Brighton’s Primary Schools.
... will be going before WBC’S Planning Committee this Thursday 26th October at Wallasey Town Hall, Brighton Street.
The residents of Brookthorpe Close are still waiting for a road sign to be erected, over eight years after their Barratt Homes Housing Estate was built!
Was it something I said?
An application for outline Planning Permission has been lodged on the Grand Hotel site
Last Monday morning I was asked to attend a meeting with residents from several of New Brighton’s sheltered accommodation apartment blocks.
.....but are residents being left with an eyesore?
I have been approached by several residents for help to get traffic calming measures implemented in Zig Zag Road.
Don’t forget that the Planning Application for the Floral Pavilion will be considered by WBC’s Planning Committee tonight, 5th October,
Most New Brighton residents know that Neptune has submitted a planning application (no....
The planning application to demolish the old factory next to St Georges Medical Centre, Field...
Area Forums are public meetings that enable local people to work with local councillors,...
Most of us agree that recycling is a good thing and more waste needs to be recycled to avoid having...
New car seat laws come into force tomorrow, Monday, 18th September
Yet more apartments!
On Monday, I was contacted by an angry mother, who was fed up that her...
A planning application to convert the Albion Hotel to a development of a total of 17 flats, was...
The Council's Discretionary Alleygating Panel, of which I'm a member, met...
This week, I noticed that a large amount of rubbish had been dumped outside some garages, on the...
Work has now started on the construction of a Skate board/ BMX Park on the Tower...
A campaign has been launched by Wirral Council's Anti-Social Behaviour Team in partnership with...
I am delighted that Vale Park has been awarded the Green Flag for the 5th consecutive year. On...
We need volunteers to help us with our Christmas lights in New Brighton again this year. We...
The use of mini-motos is prohibited anywhere, except on private land
The residents of Sandfield Road, Stanford Avenue and Greenbank...
An area of New Brighton Promenade, at the bottom of Tollemache Street, has sunk and...
Local parents recently let me know that some of the play equipment in Vale Park had been vandalised...
I welcome the news that one of New Brighton's few remaining 'landmark hotels' will not now be...
The Birkenhead and Wallasey Primary Care Trust have started a 12wk public consultation on...
Sunday was a lovely sunny day and the last day of the half term holidays for...
There seems to be a lot more graffiti in New Brighton lately, especially along the...
On Monday evening I called a meeting for representatives from Virginia Rd and the surrounding...
Last Tuesday morning, I arranged a meeting with residents and Officers from the Highway's Dept. to...
As many of you already know, Wirral Borough Council is proposing to build a new facility for...
In an effort to promote our town and local shopping areas -
