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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…
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Trafford’s Budget 2011/12
Trafford Council are implementing huge cuts to their budget despite being sheltered from the worst of reductions in Government Funding compared to the most deprived areas like Manchester and Salford. The Conservative draft budget shows savage cuts to all service areas. At the same time, the numbers of…
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Weekly Update 14th February 2011
Monday Lostock Residents and Tenants Association Meeting. I was sad to learn that Roy Jolly is standing down from his role as chair of the Tenants Association. It’s going to be a loss to Lostock; he’s made the residents and tenants meeting into a vital forum for anything…