Monday 12th March, saw a flag raising ceremony take place on Norfolk Square in Glossop, to celebrate and high light Commonwealth Day. Commonwealth Day, is held on the second Monday in March each year, is an opportunity for individuals, communities and organisations to promote the Commonwealth’s shared values of peace, democracy and equality, and to […]
A week on Saturday (31st March) in the Glossop Market Arcade from 10 am until 11.30am will see this month’s Councillors Shoppers Surgery. The surgery seems later this month, but it’s just that the last Saturday of the month falls on the final day of the month. Available at the Councillors shoppers surgery will be High Peak […]
Planning application DET/2018/0002 has been submitted to the council to gain approval to demolish the former Samas Roneo warehouse. The application is currently under consideration by the council however, the applicant advises that they intend to start work on the 19th March. The application submitted is only for the demolition of the former warehouse, with […]
Tuesday evening saw a trip to Buxton for a full council meeting to consider amongst other items the council’s budget for the forthcoming year. In terms of the budget, you can read from my speech to full council below my thoughts and some of the details of the budget Mr Mayor The budget tonight is […]
This Saturday (24th February) morning in the Glossop Market Arcade from 10 am until 11.30am will see this month’s Councillors Shoppers Surgery. Available at the Councillors shoppers surgery will be High Peak Borough Councillors Graham Oakley who represent Whitfield, Godfrey Claff and Damien Greenhalgh from Howard Town, Nick Longos from Padfield, Bob Mckeown from Hadfield South, Anthony […]
On Monday evening, I attended a public meeting that had been organised by the High Peak branch of Unite Community to hear from representatives of the Fire Brigade Union, there concerns over the proposals that the Derbyshire Fire Authority are currently consulting on. The proposals that are out for public consultation from the Fire Authority, […]
Wear a hat day: Over the course of a week, I quite often get emails from various charities seeking support for one thing or another. One this week, as referenced by the photo tweaked my interest in it as it featured an event called ‘wear a hat day’. The charity in question is Brain Tumour […]
Gamesley Sidings Reminder – The deadline for responding to the Gamesley Sidings planning application (Application HPK/2017/0655) is Tuesday 6th February. If you’re not sure what sort of things you could put into a comment or objections on an application, you can read my commenting on planning applications page by clicking here. To submit a comment […]
Your views wanted – Proposed changes to rent and service charges The council is consulting on proposals to change how they calculate rent and service charges and how they provide that information to tenants. The proposals if approved would come into effect from April 2018 and will be considered (amongst other places) by full council […]
Shire Hill Decision : On Tuesday afternoon, I visited Dukinfield Town Hall to attend a meeting of Tameside Council’s Strategic Commissioning board, one of the committees effectively established as part of the Devo Manchester works, which will effectively see Tameside Council assume responsibility for and in time consume the various health bodies (Clinical Commissioning Group […]