Month: October 2016

On the Window on Woking site, my final blog post was about PLAN/2016/1030 which was to convert offices situated in Brookwood Cemetery into 29 flats. Having done a spot of canvassing, I found sufficient opposition to it to warrant me objecting, which I duly did. Today I received notification from the Development Manager that they have refused this application. We’ll see if the developer chooses to appeal.

At the start of October I went on a one day training course in Birmingham, the subject was Chairing the Overview and Scrutiny Committee. The train tickets were paid directly by WBC and were about £60 return. Being self employed, I also took a day off of work which was unpaid. I’m entitled to claim the Loss Allowance which means I will get a £100 payment which goes a little way to covering my losses. Beyond that, I haven’t claimed any other expenses, but I have been paid my usual Cllr allowance, the O&S Chair allowance and the IT / Comms allowance.

Cheers.

Kevin

I’ve found a use for the post in the village that is causing such grief.

WBC will be submitting a formal objection to the application for a Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence at Five Acres. This I strongly support as this is a residential area, not an industrial area. As I know more I shall write about it here.

Cheers.

Kevin

I know people are wary of submitting any responses to the Office of the Traffic Commissioner and because of that I sought a view last week from WBC as to whether they would officially respond.

The minor update I have tonight is that officers are establishing under what grounds an objection could be raised. As is usual, objections can only be raised on relatively narrow lines, and WBC wish to ensure they don’t fall foul of objections that are easily knocked back by the Traffic Commissioner. I should expect a thorough answer towards the end of the week and I will post it here.

Cheers.

Kevin

I am aware that in this week’s News & Mail a notice has been published calling for representations for or against a goods vehicle operator’s licence to enable the applicant to station two heavy goods vehicles plus trailers at Five Acres.

Prior to writing anything here I wanted to seek a view of WBC as the land is currently subject to enforcement proceedings, and is also subject to the emerging Site Allocations which allocates the land as a Gypsy site and housing.

I hope WBC will make a clear representation against and I will publish the outcome on this blog.

Cheers.

Kevin

Today, I’ve spent three hours getting all my previous blog entries from the defunct Window on Woking site archived on this blog. You can find a link next to Contact Me above.

I visited the Hoe Valley School building site today along with several other councillors. This is the first free school to be built in the area, and the only secondary school to be built in Heathlands ward. I expect many children of Heathlands to pass through this.

What you see above is the base almost ready for the school buildings with the athletics track off to the left, and beyond the trees, the football pitches and multi-use games areas.

It’s due to open in September 2018.

Cheers.

Kevin

Annually, a highways parking review takes place across Woking with decisions being made in the SCC/WBC Joint Committee in March.

Investigations and planning into that is about to begin, so if you have a proposal of an area on the highway that you think could be improved, please get in touch.

I will be asking for a review of the parking and yellow lines around Brookwood station and on the opposite side of the road to junctions.

Cheers.

Kevin

I received an email today from Surrey Highways stating that Brookwood Crossroads was to have temporary lights to enable the gas board to fix a series of leaks.

The estimated end date is Friday 14th October. The email has been corrupted and I can’t be sure of the start date, however I have a feeling it is this coming Tuesday 11th October.

WBC are upgrading their IT systems over the weekend, and I have lost email access. I won’t get it back until Monday morning. Phone me if you need me, and I’ll keep an eye out for any messages. I will be available in person on Saturday morning from 11:00 to 12:30 in the first Heathlands surgery along with Cllr Azad and Cllr Kingsbury at Mayford Village Hall.

At the BBNF AGM, I discussed That Post as I had had an email that very day telling me what was due to be attached to it. I’ve then forgotten to write about it here. The post is due to have a sign warning approaching drivers that the first side road is the station entrance, and the second is No Left Turn. The other side of the station is due to get a new sign with the reverse as it were. I still have no idea when it is going to happen however.

Cheers.

Kevin

The three ward councillors for Heathlands are to run a series of surgeries over the coming year in various places around the ward.

Cllr Azad, Cllr Kingsbury and me will be available to help residents or answer questions next Saturday 8th October at Mayford Village Hall. The plan is to run from 11:00 through to 12:30.

The next surgery will probably be in Brookwood, but a date hasn’t been set yet. I’ll obviously update this blog when I know.

Cheers.

Kevin