Last evening I attended an “Open Meeting” held in Earsham Village Hall. This meeting was very well attended by residents, with two officers and one councillor representing the District Council.
It was clear that most people present were not in favour of either of the two sites up for comment, neither should be considered suitable as permanent sites for travellers. As this consultation will only consider letters directly from the public, I felt that residents would not have the opportunity of putting together any co-ordinated approach to the District Council. I have therefore put this “Post” on my Blog so that readers may see the comments of others and be able to respond accordingly. Taking inspiration from others.
I sincerely hope you find this helpful, and I look forward to seeing the coments from residents. Please be cautious in your letters to the council, they should not show partiality towards any class or race otherwise I will not be able to publish them.
They can be in favour of the settled community, but as important, they should be constructive so far as the travelling community are concerned; for example, “These two site are not suitable for use by the travelling community because of the considerable risk every time they leave or enter the site because it will mean crossing the traffic on this very fast stretch of the A143″, or “The sites are a long way from the village for children to walk to school, there being no room in School Rd for more cars to wait at starting and leaving off times”
I was very pleased to see the write up in the EDP this morning (April 21st), lets hope that the campaign gains momentum now.
Norfolk County Council has recently been awarded a top-rating of four stars by the Audit Commission under the ruling Conservative administration. In particular, we are “performing well” in our use of resources, vital in the current economic climate as Norfolk residents need to know their council tax is being used as efficiently as possible. In awarding the fourth star, the Audit Commission said:
In 2009 I hope to continue serving the community that elected me, to the best of my ability. This means listening to all views on a particular issue, not just those who shout the loudest, and trying to exercise sound judgement for the benefit of the wider community.
I have been having some research carried out regarding speed limits outside of schools which are directly accessed from an A class road. There can be little surprise that our school at Toft Monks / Haddiscoe is the only school in the county with a speed limit above 40 mph. There are two other schools where their boundary is on an A road, but the entrance to the school is from a bye road making it so much safer. I hope that everyone will be encouraged to write to me and sign in to support a request that the speed limit is reduced outside of the school. I look forward to hearing from you all.
There was a report in the EDP last week saying that the current economic crisis would scupper the Local Government Review. It just may be that some good will come out of our economic problems.