The unauthorised traveller encampment at Witherwin Avenue / Lumb Brook Road, Appleton has now moved on - two days before legal enforcement. This is, indeed, good news. You will see from the picture that they have bagged up most of their rubbish and I am sure WBC will collect it asap.
Warrington's programme of funding Council services increasingly out of the revenue obtained from property and commercial investments is audacious and necessary, but not reckless. Officers are skilled in risk management and buy-in professional advice as part of due diligence.
The government's planning proposals in the recently published White Paper raise more problems than solutions. Planning spokesperson Ryan Bate says:
The government is proposing changes to the method of calculating the number of houses which local authorities must plan for. Liberal Democrat Councillor Ryan Bate says:
Appleton Councillors Sharon Harris and Judith Wheeler are keeping up the pressure on Warrington Borough Council to do something about the appalling facilities at Broomfields Leisure Centre - the only Livewire leisure facility south of the ship canal. Cllr Harris says:
Stockton Heath Councillor Peter Walker is pressing Warrington Borough Council hard about the need for more electric charging points to be installed in the town's car parks, saying:
