The cycle of meetings started in early January with special budget meetings for the 3 main committees - Environmental & Development Services, Housing & Community Services and Finance and Management. With the funding for councils from Central Government being cut severely the content of the reports in these committees are vital.
Full Council on the 23rd of January saw a motion backed by both sides if the chamber to approve the loan to a local credit union. There was also a response from the Commanding Officer of 1211 squadron of the Air Training Corps following the award of an order of merit.
January 27th saw another Finance and Management budget meeting.
The Environment and Development Services committee on the 30th January had several reports to consider. The first report related to the councils' representation on a joint committee for Economic Prosperity in the East Midlands which was supported. The next report related to Tourism and a change in emphasis in funding and publicity from Derbyshire and the Peak District to concentrate on the National Forest. A look on the Visit Peak District website is a good insight to the lack of shared publicity and backed the report up.
There was an update on the Draft Local Plan. Most comments on each of the proposed sites for development were against them. However only 368 individuals from a population of over 90000 responded to the exercise that is vital to the future of the district. This led to questions relating to the methods of publicity used.
There is one further consultation stage in the Local Plan process and an event will take place in Church Gresley. More details will follow.
Tuesday 4th February saw the first round of Safer Neighbourhoods and Area Forums. The area 4 event took place at the Church Hall rooms here in Church Gresley.
The Safer Neighbourhoods meeting was a well attended and busy meeting and a little fractious at times. Some of the main issues included:
January 27th saw another Finance and Management budget meeting.
The Environment and Development Services committee on the 30th January had several reports to consider. The first report related to the councils' representation on a joint committee for Economic Prosperity in the East Midlands which was supported. The next report related to Tourism and a change in emphasis in funding and publicity from Derbyshire and the Peak District to concentrate on the National Forest. A look on the Visit Peak District website is a good insight to the lack of shared publicity and backed the report up.
There was an update on the Draft Local Plan. Most comments on each of the proposed sites for development were against them. However only 368 individuals from a population of over 90000 responded to the exercise that is vital to the future of the district. This led to questions relating to the methods of publicity used.
There is one further consultation stage in the Local Plan process and an event will take place in Church Gresley. More details will follow.
Tuesday 4th February saw the first round of Safer Neighbourhoods and Area Forums. The area 4 event took place at the Church Hall rooms here in Church Gresley.
The Safer Neighbourhoods meeting was a well attended and busy meeting and a little fractious at times. Some of the main issues included:
- Parking issues in the Pennine Way area - see separate post relating to this issue.
- Anti-social issues in the vicinity of the Travellers Rest pub.
- Speed checks on Swadlincote Lane approaching Castleton Park. 28 people caught in 1 hour!
- Overweight vehicles on Coppice Side
- Flooding issues around drainage
- Budget issues within SDDC
- The return of the clothing store Peacocks to Swadlincote.
Since the above, there has been a full cycle of meetings again............ to be continued..............
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