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Why I quit Henley Residents Group by Deputy Mayor );
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HENLEY’S Deputy Mayor has explained why he quit the ruling party on the town council.
David Eggleton resigned from Henley Residents Group following a heated debate at a meeting of the council’s town and community committee about plans to replace the town’s 22 heritage litter bins at a cost of £19,000.
He advised it would be cheaper to refurbish the mainly cast iron bins but when colleagues disagreed he became annoyed and quit before the online meeting had finished.
Councillor Eggleton, who now sits as an independent councillor, told the
Opposition growing to plan for hotel on station car park );
OPPOSITION is growing to plans for a hotel on the car park at Henley station.
Neighbours and town councillors are concerned that the Premier Inn would be an “eyesore” and bigger than necessary.
The company is seeking feedback on the proposed five-storey hotel before applying for planning permission.
Blocwork, a partnership between landowner Network Rail and London developer Bloc Group, unveiled the plans last month.
The hotel would have 115 bedrooms and a restaurant with 92 covers.
About 60 of the station’s 249 parking places would be built on, although 12 new bays, including some for disabled people, would be created by removing a nearby drop-off point for coaches.
Christmas tree shredding raises £1,000 );
A CHRISTMAS tree shredding service raised £1,000 for Henley in Bloom.
Scores of residents took their trees to Mill Meadows on Saturday to be shredded by Henley Town Council’s head of parks services Karl Bishop and Deputy Mayor David Eggleton.
The pair threw the trees into a mechanical chipper.
Residents paid £2 each to have a tree shredded and £5 to have one collected from their home.
Councillor Eggleton, who is also the chairman of Henley in Bloom, carried out the collections and made £600 from that alone.
He said: “It’s an amazing amount of money and we can do a lot with that.”
Guide to the latest coronavirus restrictions and the roadmap out of lockdown ); PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has revealed a “roadmap” for easing coronavirus restrictions in England.
After the first stage next month, further lifting of the rules will happen if certain conditions are met, such as the continuing successful rollout of the covid-19 vaccines.
The aim is for all restrictions to be lifted by June 21 at the earliest. Mr Johnson said that lockdown easing would be “cautious and irreversible”.
Stage one March 8:
re-open.
University students can return for practical courses. There will be a review by the end of the Easter holidays for all other students.