Anthony

Aside for casework issue’s this last week has been quite in terms of meetings.So aside from Friday’s trip to the Cinema, to see Unleashed and Bewitched, not much to report.

From a post on Cllr Andrew Brown’s blog with regards to a post on someone else’s blog about a letter from a Councillor on North Lincolnshire Council, in response to a newspaper piece commenting on the age and gender balance of there council. The post which is available here, gives a view on the role […]

Summer would normally be quite for meetings, but with the two by-elections coming up in September, things will stay a little more lively than they normally may have been. With the Branch / Constituency Secretary hat on (as such) Wednesday this week saw a campaign meeting, originally planned just to consider preparation for one by-election, […]

Various comments and complaints have reached me during this first half of this week over problems with some of the buses, particularly the circular 392 route not turning up. Where possible please complete a bus watch form available here, or from the residents office, or completable online here and where possible we can find out […]

Saturday saw this months surgery, which was on the whole quite with very few callers, during the time of the surgery, but plenty (as is often the case) on the way home !Monday saw me accompany the Mayor on a visit to Tunstead Quarry near Buxton. The visit included a tour of the Quarry including […]

Planning Applications – now on the issue’s page, are details of planning applications that are coming up within the ward. To comment on any of these contact me via the comments page or contact planning directly at planning@highpeak.gov.uk

Last week was a fairly quite week, was the last few meetings to finish up most things for the summer, they was however an announcement from the Council that the Conservative member for Dinting, Kate Hopkins has resigned from council, leading to most likely a second by election in September.Saturday saw a quite day for […]

Saturday – Today, saw a new initiative titled ‘Lunch with your councillors’ take place, which involved a number of Labour Councillors and party members from across Glossopdale. The idea, which was suggested by local party member Ellie Wilcox, was essentially a Councillor’s surgery with a buffet lunch. The event was quite well attending with a […]

Wednesday – A half day’s holiday from work to enable me to attend a Jericho Project meeting. The meeting was with a consultant from High Peak CVS, who have been tasked with reviewing the Jericho Café part of project and suggesting a way forward. The meeting was interesting, and I’m sure some interesting details will […]

Although I am not a member of the committee, last night I attended the meeting of the Corporate Select Committee. The reason for this was that one of the reports on the agenda for the committee, was considering ‘planning obligations’, monies received by the council under what are known as section 106 agreements which are […]