Tonight’s executive meeting is probably on an appropriate day, as the decision they make this evening could well bring horror to the minds of local residents on Gamesley. This is because, despite the objections of local residents at the consultation event, and the signatures of 266 local residents against the young people’s scheme, and 164 […]
Tuesday saw a meeting of the Tameside Local Transport, which is a meeting between representatives of the main bus companies in Manchester, along with representatives of the GMPTE/A (Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive / Authority), councillor’s, Tameside residents and others with an interest in public transport. Not much to report from the meeting as amongst […]
Village idiot or idiots is the only way to describe the person or person’s that last night decided it would be a good idea to set fire to a pensioners bin in the Hollins Lane Bus Stop shelter. Although as I understand it, there have been no injury’s to anyone on this occasions. The actions […]
Wednesday is the first of the Gamesley estate walkabout’s which are been done by Lara Ford the Gamesley Estate Co-ordinator, and Dave Burrows one of the Caretakers from High Peak Community Housing. The Walkabouts have been introduced by the Company to look at improving involvement of residents in how our area’s are managed, and will […]
Any resident’s that have seen this weeks (Thursday 19th October) Buxton Advertiser, will have been concerned to see the front page headline of “we lost plot over repairs”. The article, which reports overspends of £200,000 on general repairs, and £450,000 on the kitchen and bathroom replacement programme make grim reading, however the company advise that […]
If you are travelling by train in the next few days, please be aware that due to a fire Guide Bridge station will be closed. Further details are available here, and although there has been a bus ‘replacement’ service today, they expect to have a normal (except for stopping at Guide Bridge Station) service in […]
Friday night saw this year Mayoral Reception take place at Buxton’s Pavilion Garden’s. The ‘do’ which takes the form of a sit down meal, is a bit expensive at £20 + a ticket plus your travel, but is always worth attending to show support for whoever the current Mayor is. Anyway for Friday’s event I […]
Tuesday saw a meeting of the development plan select at the council offices in Chinley. The main item on the agenda was a presentation from members of the High Peak branch of Friends of the Earth on why the council should have a ‘prescriptive energy policy’ for new builds and any major redevelopment’s / conversions. […]
Although Monday, involved a day off work, it started quite well with interviews at the HQ of the Tameside and Glossop PCT in Denton for the practice that will take over the running of the dental service from the clinic. One of the candidate’s had put together a good submission prior to the interviews, performed […]
Residents in the Hurdlow area have today been receiving letter’s advising them of changes to the plans for the current planning application on Hurdlow. I am advised by the planning officers that the changes to plans are ‘relatively’ minor, and are not sufficiently different to alter either the report to the development control committee, or […]
