Tougher scrutiny needed to prevent Liverpool-style fiasco in Sefton, local Lib Dems say
The call from Sefton s Lib Dem leader follows the damning Max Caller report into failings at Liverpool City Council
15:42, 12 APR 2021
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Sefton’s Lib Dems have called for tougher scrutiny at the council to prevent “a Liverpool-style fiasco” happening in the borough.
Tory and Labour politicians join forces to save major Merseyside rail link
Many passengers say new proposals would give them a raw deal
12:00, 5 MAR 2021
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The Department for Transport (DfT) wants to “improve rail performance in the north of England” (Image: PA Wire/PA Images)
Conservative and Labour politicians have joined forces to campaign against Southport losing its direct rail link to Manchester Piccadilly.
New plans from the Department for Transport (DfT) to “improve rail performance in the north of England”, would give Southport a raw deal, according to many residents and representatives.
This isn’t the first time the service has faced the axe in recent years.
PLANS have been submitted for a holiday park near Caersws, close to where a new crematorium could be built. Farmer Jack Woosnam has applied to build a holiday park including infrastructure at “Cwmhafren Field,” Ael y Bryn, on the B4568 road between Caersws and Aberhafesp. The development would be a mixture of caravans and chalets. In a design and access statement, agent Christopher Wozencraft, of Wozencraft Design Services, explained the holiday park development would be for 35 holiday units in total, and also included vehicle access from the B4568 highway and drainage treatment plant. The site is 3.7miles away from Newtown, and just under a mile from Caersws.
How the Crematorium could look. A “CALL IN” request has been made to decide an outline planning application to build a crematorium near Caersws, at Powys County Council’s planning committee Caersws County Councillor Les George, who is also a member of the planning committee, has confirmed that he made the request earlier this month. Powys Crematorium Limited intends to build an all-new crematorium at a 13.66 hectare site north of the B4568 road at Ael Y Bryn between Caersws and Aberhafesp. The nearest crematoria are at Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury, which are both around 40 miles from the site. The plans include providing a green burial site as well as create a garden of remembrance, new and improved access arrangements, and car parking area.
The site at Llanstadwell where a proposal for shepherd huts was considered at planning committee on December 8. A PLAN for shepherd huts and a tea room at Llanstadwell has been refused by county councillors. Pembrokeshire County Council’s planning committee considered an amended plan for a proposal at Point House, Newton Road at its meeting on December 8. Previous discussions of the application had raised concerns about traffic and access, with changes to the plan including moving the proposed tea room from the main house to a separate blinding, reducing its size and the number of expected visitors. The ability to move the shepherd huts means they fall within the legal definition of a caravan a planning officer report states with the location outside the defined settlement boundary of Llanstadwell meant it was not considered a sustainable location.