Local bus services across the country are been changed and in many cases reduced to respond to the current situation. At current the only change to directly affect locals across Glossopdale is to the 236/7 which from Monday 23rd March will move to the following times : Saturday / Sunday services will […]
High Peak Borough Council is currently reviewing how tenant involvement works in the High Peak. Previously tenant involvement was mainly done aside from folks on the citizen panel or who had signed up to complete surveys, via the tenant scrutiny panel. The tenant scrutiny panel was a group of tenants from across the High Peak, […]
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 […]
Last Thursday evening, saw this year’s High Peak Borough Council Annual Council and Mayor Making meeting, meaning that a new mayor would be taking over from Cllr George Wharmby who has held the chains of office for the last 12 months. For the new Mayor and first citizen of the borough, I was pleased to […]
I was shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of John Hallsworth. John was a councillor for what is now part of the other Cllr Mckeown’s Hadfield South ward, for 20 years from 1983 to 2003, included 8 years as leader of High Peak Borough Council. As a new councillor in 1999, the education […]
Tuesday 21st February, saw this year’s council tax and budget-setting council meeting. In terms of the headlines, for the High Peak, the meeting agreed a budget of £10,795,870 for 2017/18 with a council tax increase of 1.9% – meaning a Band D increase to £181.11. For council house rents, there will be a 1% cut, […]
In October, last year, I was pleased to be able to second a motion at the full council meeting, that was to admin Peter Matthews as a freeman of the borough of the High Peak. On Monday 13th February, the second – follow up part to that motion took place with a ceremony that took […]
Annual Council 2016 : Last Tuesday evening (17th May) saw this years High Peak Borough Council annual council meeting and the installation of the Mayor and Deputy for the coming year, in the Pavilion Gardens Grande Marque. It also saw, prior to the annual meeting an ordinary full council meeting which amongst the items of business considered the annual […]
#Ourday #Housingday 2015 ; On Wednesday 18th November, council’s from across the country, that have responsibility for the hundreds of vital local services, will be aiming to bring them to in 140 characters when councillors and staff take part in a tweetathon. #OurDay has been organised by the Local Government Association, which represents more than […]
The Local Government Boundary Commission is currently carrying out a review of ward boundaries within the High Peak with the aim of delivering ‘electoral equality’ for voters in future local elections. The overall aim of the review is to recommend ward boundaries that mean each councillor represents approximately the same number of electors. At present, (since their last review in 1998) there are some areas of the […]