District
Councillors’ Report – September 2011
Both District Councillors continue to work on individual cases.
Newark and Sherwood
homes have been contacted on several matters; all, to date, with successful
outcomes.
We continue to
work on improving the facilities and appearance of the High Street,
including working with officers on planning issues and contacting owners
of empty premises about possible future plans.
A meeting with a Highways officer from Notts County Council was arranged
in response to several issues raised with both Parish and District Councillors
by residents. A report on this will be given at the September Parish
Council meeting.
We attended a meeting
with NSDC (Newark and Sherwood District Council) officers to look at
the Development Plan for Edwinstowe. A public meeting is being arranged
by the NSDC officers to seek the views of residents. This is likely
to be held in the Village Hall on a date to be confirmed shortly.
As Councillors,
both Parish and District, we have attended meetings of the Business
Forum, Tenants and Residents Association and the Safer Neighbourhood
Group.
At the meeting
of the Tenants and Residents Association (T&R) it was agreed that
in future meetings would take place at various venues around the village
rather than only at Abbey Road, and would be on nights other than Parish
Council meeting nights. This will enable officials of the T&R to
attend Parish Council meetings and Parish and District Councillors to
attend T&R Association meetings. These moves will ensure that the
people of Edwinstowe can access help and guidance from both bodies.
The Safer Neighbourhood
meetings have also been organised at times and dates which make the
attendance of District Councillors difficult because of other Council
commitments. Normally District Councillors are expected to be involved
in Safer Neighbourhood meetings. However the Chair, County Councillor
Ward and others were not prepared to amend previously planned dates
to accommodate this. The Chair did agree to advertise future meetings
around the village to allow residents from the whole village to attend
should they wish to do so.
The meeting of
6th September 2011 was attended chiefly by residents from the Abbey
Road, Henton Road and Beardsley Road areas. Some of the 20 or so people
who attended were clearly under the impression that they were at a Neighbourhood
Watch meeting having had individual approaches about the meeting from
Neighbourhood Watch officials.
PC Appleby gave
an account of police activity in the village and where police efforts
had been concentrated. Various problems and challenges were discussed
and 3 priorities were put forward:
• High Street and Mansfield Road – anti-social behaviour
• 4th Avenue and surrounding area – speeding and vandalism
• Forest Corner – on-going issues with cars and anti-social
behaviour.
The next meeting
is on November 1st at 6pm at Abbey Road Community Centre.
Celia Brooks
John Peck
District Councillors
