Or just ‘vandalism’ is a question that is current crossing the minds of local residents that attend the Immaculate Conception Church on the border of Charlesworth / Broadbottom. The reason for the question is because of a recent attack on a statue in the grounds of the Church, which has seen the ‘hands’ broken off. […]

Following on from the earlier post with regards to the article in this weeks Glossop Chronicle, the council’s press office has now released a ‘clarification’ which should appear in next week Glossop Chronicle. To read the ‘clarification’ click here

Although I have not yet seen it myself, in this week’s Glossop Chronicle, there is apparently an article advising that the two proposed housing schemes for Gamesley are due to be built. However this is not the case and to date no decision on the schemes has been taken, and things remain as they were […]

Today, I reach the age of 29, which whilst not particularly old, does leave with me some slight concern as I run out of the 20’s, and head towards the 30’s. As I note above that although 29 is not particularly old, one note of concerns is that, for some of the meeting I attend, […]

Last night saw a meeting of the North Area Tenants Panel, which is essentially a meeting between tenants and representatives of the ALMO (High Peak Community Housing), along with local councillors. From last nights meetings there is not a lot to report, just a few items of note, including a new ‘young’ person in attendance […]

As a new addition to the ‘blog’, listed below are meetings coming up during this coming week : Tuesday – North Tennents Panel Wednesday – Member Development Group and Social Inclusion Select Thursday – High Peak Labour Group If you would like any further details on the above, please let me know.

Monday saw a meeting of the corporate select committee, which amongst other items on the agenda, was considering a call in of a decision by the executive about community grants. For those who haven’t heard of the term ‘call in’ it is essentially a mechanism that can be used by councillors to ask the council’s […]

Monday, saw a meeting of the development plan select, to agree the statement of community involvement prior to it going before the council’s executive. Also considered was a presentation on how conservation area’s are reviewed, and how in order to meet the latest government target on the issue, the council will in my view need […]

Only one meeting this week, aside from a councillor’s surgery on the Saturday, which was a governors meeting at St Margaret’s Primary School. The main business of the meeting was to approve the school’s budget for the forthcoming year. Due to falling numbers and the like, the budget will again be quite tight. This means […]

Whilst not knowing quite what to expect with this event, it wasn’t to bad, and was essentially a market place, where all the different groups and schemes that run in Glossopdale for young people, could advertise themselves to the young people in Glossopdale. As part of the event the ‘councillors’ stall, took over the lecture […]