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Tesco, The Cricket Club, The neighbouring Developer, The Council and lots of lawyers
Trafford is at the High Court this week in the latest instalment of the legal squabble over the disputed right to build us a supermarket. Tesco wants to build us a giant megastore opposite PC World, but Derwent Holdings want to build us a large one at their…
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Weekly Update 28th February 2011
Budget Matters Dominate Every February, Trafford Council sets the annual budget for the coming year. The Budget council meeting itself is one of the key events on the calendar in terms of set piece speeches. The Government’s cuts agenda has put an even bigger focus on Local Government.…
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Barton Bio Mass Plant Environmental Permit
Today is the closing date for representations on the permission to operate. This is a separate process to the planning permission. I have emailed the following representation to the relevant officer in the Environment Agency. Dear Sir, I write with reference to the above permit application submitted to…
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Alternative Vote passnotes no.1
The Conservative Councillor for Sale Moor Nigel Hooley is a Gorse Hill resident. I’m obliged to pay attention to what my constituent says. He’s my constituent after all. Nigel is not stupid, so he can do a lot better than the arguments he’s presenting on his Sale Moor…
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Weekly Update 21st February 2011
Monday As part of the selection process for a Director of Customer Service at Trafford Council, I attended the short-listing. Interviews to take place this coming week. A good standard of applicant. Tuesday Emails and correspondence Wednesday I went to Lostock Court for their coffee morning. I gave…
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Big Society – Is there a golden core?
The Chief Executive of Trafford Housing Trust, Matthew Gardiner has written on his blog of his hopes for the Government’s Big Society programme. Matthew is not someone normally associated with political eulogising, so his words are interesting. He writes; if The Big Society is about reversing that trend…