Immediately after I finished at Licensing I went to Wirral Partnership Homes (WPH) Annual General Meeting, which was being held at the magnificent Floral Pavillion in New Brighton. The meeting was extremely well attended with about 100 people present. The Chairman of WPH, Ged Pearson introduced the proceedings and talked of the year gone by [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Wirral Partnership Homes AGM
Posted in Wirral Council, Wirral Partnership Homes, tagged Board Members, Floral Pavillion, New Brighton, Wirral Council, Wirral Partnership Homes on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Telephone Mast
Posted in Planning, Telephone Masts, tagged Moreton, Moreton Spur, o2, Planning, Telephone Masts, Upton Woods, Vodafone, Wirral on September 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My colleague Cllr Ian Lewis has received a ‘Pre-Consultation letter from a company ‘Savills’ who are acting on behalf of o2 and Vodafone. It seems that the O2 mast located in Upton Woods (off Upton Road) may have to be removed. If that is the case then o2 and Vodafone want to erect a replacement [...]
Town Meadow Station
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged Cllr Mark Dowd, Liverpoool, Merseyrail Electrics, Merseytravel, Millhouse Lane, Moreton, Town Meadow Railway Station, West Kirby on September 28, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Residents of the Millhouse estate and part of the Lingham estate will be aware that earlier this year, at my request, Merseytravel commissioned Mott Macdonald to carry out a consultation to see what people in the community thought about the introduction of a new railway station ‘Town Meadow’ Initially Mott Macdonald did a letter drop [...]
Hot Food Takeaway Number 12
Posted in Moreton, Planning, tagged Chinese, Hot food takeaway, Indian, Kebabs, Moreton, Planning, Wirral Council on September 27, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I have just been notified that a planning application has been submitted for yet ANOTHER hot food takeaway in Moreton. Application number: APP/10/01161 Date Registered: 21/09/2010, Applicant: Mr G Jones, Agent: Mr C W Jones Location: Remax Estate, 283 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, CH46 0RL Proposal: Change of use of ground floor of premises from offices [...]
Norman Tunna George Cross!
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged 2nd World War, Birkenhead Central Station, Blitz, George Cross, Merseyrail Electrics, Merseytravel, New Labour, Norman Tunna, Railway Yards, Shunters on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I was delighted and honoured to attend a service of dedication at Merseyrail Electrics Central Station in Birkenhead as a Conservative representative of Merseytravel. (all three political parties were invited to attend) The service was in memory of a shunter, Norman Tunna, who 70 years ago today, during the blitz at Birkenhead Central, carried [...]
So It’s Mister (R)Ed! (Milliband That Is)
Posted in New Labour, tagged Andy Burnham, David Milliband, Diane Abbot, Ed Balls, Ed Milliband, Labour Leadership contest, Labour Party Conference, Manchester, New Labour on September 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So after four wearisome months the New Labour party has selected Ed Milliband as it’s new leader. Bring it on Ed…. As for the also rans it will be interesting to see if Ed wants any of them in his shadow cabinet, and if they are interested in serving under him. It seems the Union [...]
Approved
Posted in Council, Wirral Partnership Homes, tagged Community, Moreton, Overton Woods, Upton, Upton Woods, Wirral Council on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At Wirral’s Cabinet this evening I was delighted to move a recommendation for approval on a report from the Councils Head of Law to support the Overton Community bid to the community fund for £12,500, in order to ensure that the purchase of the land could be completed by the 30th September. I also took [...]
A Message for TC of Upton
Posted in Chris Blakeley, tagged Auction, Overton Community Centre, Travellers, Upton Woods, Wirral Council, Wirral Globe on September 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Reading today’s Wirral Globe it seems I have come in for some anonymous criticism from someone only identified as TC of Upton over the Upton woods issue. Clearly TC decided to write to the press criticising my actions, unaware of the role I have played in this matter, and perhaps if TC had taken the [...]
Wirral’s Healthy Homes Pilot
Posted in Health, Housing, tagged Health, Healthy Homes, Housing, New Brighton, Wirral Council on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, in my role as the Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing and Community Safety I was delighted to open a stakeholder event about Healthy Homes. Healthy homes is a new way of delivering front line services to some of Wirral’s most vulnerable individuals by bringing a wide range of partners together to address a range [...]
