A RESIDENT fears homeowners will be “trapped” if a new access road is not completed within a Shaftesbury estate. A contractor will now be appointed by Shaftesbury Town Council, costing the authority around £1,750, to find out why a promised road connecting Maple Road with Wincombe Lane, known as the spine road, has not yet been delivered to the Maltings estate and what needs to be done next. Heard during the latest full council meeting, Maltings estate resident Tony Reeve told councillors that individuals at the north of the eastern development could not leave their homes on Monday, January 11, as tarmacking was taking place along Indus Road into Maple Road - currently their only exit.
“CHILDISH, unprofessional and wholly disrespectful” was how the behaviour of two town councillors has been described, following an investigation into complaints lodged against them. Three separate complaints about Shaftesbury town councillors Karen Tippins and Peter Yeo were the main items up for discussion during Dorset Council’s Audit and Governance Hearing Sub-Committee meeting last week. Submitted by members of the public and a fellow councillor, complaints were submitted calling for the two members to be investigated for their behaviour, following their actions during town council meetings throughout the year. Not engaging with a guest speaker and presentation, rude language and hand gestures and calling other council members names were the issues put forward to the county council to investigate.
PLANS are beginning to take shape for two new car parks and an all-weather 3G football pitch in Shaftesbury, but costings behind the £450,000 scheme have received criticism from councillors.
As previously reported, Shaftesbury Town Council threw its support behind the introduction of long-term parking near Tesco in Coppice Street, and a second permit holder car park on the nearby football club site. As part of an interconnected project, it was also approved that a 30-year £350,000 loan would be underwritten by the council to back plans to develop a 3G facility at Shaftesbury Football Club. A further £100,000 would be granted to the football club’s project from the council’s general reserves account.
PLANS are beginning to take shape for two new car parks and an all-weather 3G football pitch in Shaftesbury, but costings behind the £450,000 scheme have received criticism from councillors.
As previously reported, Shaftesbury Town Council threw its support behind the introduction of long-term parking near Tesco in Coppice Street, and a second permit holder car park on the nearby football club site. As part of an interconnected project, it was also approved that a 30-year £350,000 loan would be underwritten by the council to back plans to develop a 3G facility at Shaftesbury Football Club. A further £100,000 would be granted to the football club’s project from the council’s general reserves account.