723 Wimborne Road

At last the people living above 723 can breathe cleanly and easily, at least for the moment. The application to change the usage of 723 into an MOT, servicing Centre and car show room has been turned down. Unfortunately the young man involved may very well go to appeal but that could take a long time and I hope he is in a hurry.
The application was largely turned down due to a concerted effort by the Traffic management team and the Residents with a little help from the Councillors, obviously a winning combination. This has been happening all over Moordown and has helped reduce the number of back garden in-fills and other inappropriate developments in the Village.
Your Councillors are always willing to help if you contact them. We can't always win but we will always give it a really good try.

Anniversary of Halifax Crash in Moordown

Monday 22nd of March will be the 66th Anniversary of the crash of a Halifax bomber in Moordown. The crew of five were all killed taking three local residents with them. There is full eye witness account of this horrendous crash on the Winton forum website, written by Mr Russ Barnes who witnessed it as a small boy growing up in Moordown. It makes for very interesting reading and gives a picture , not only of the crash, but also of Moordown as it was then. How very different it was from now. As far as I know there is no memorial for the crash and the people that died at the time. and that is what we are proposing for the small plot of land at the junction of Brassey Road and Wimborne Road. the money for the garden has been set aside from the Local Improvement Fund and the money for the Memorial stone or Placque we hope to raise from public subscription.
If you know of anyone who was living in Moordown then and they have any memories of the crash please get them to reply to this blog.

Good News This Week March 18th 2010

For once the Inspectorate seems to be on the side of the Residents. An application , in Coronation Avenue, to change two perfectly good family houses into a mews of six houses has been turned down. This would be a most incongrous development and totally different from anything else in the road. The Inspector spent a lot of time in Moordown looking at the proposed site and other properties in the area and then, in a mere 48 hours, virtually unprecedented in my experience, made her decision to refuse the suggestion. This is a real victory and I congratulate the Inspector for her for common sense.

Other good news, in the realm of Planning, is that the proposal to change No 723 Wimborne Road into another MOT Centre has also been recommended for refusal on Monday evening. If you are interested in seeing how Planning works come down to the Planning board at the Town Hall at about 5.15 on Mon.22nd.

SATURDAY 6TH MARCH. Pot Holes and Elections

At last we are really beginning the count down to the Election. Something that can't come to soon for me. The sooner we can get rid of this incompetent and corrupt government the better. I wish that having an election and electing a Conservative Government would wave a magic wand and return us to the economy that the Labour Party took over from us, unfortunately it wont and there will be hard times ahead for all of us. Today I went to a meeting with our MP Tobias Ellwood I am pleased to say that he has agreed to have a public meeting here in Moordown, date to be arranged. Look out for date and venue. I hope many of you will come along and put your questions to him. I am also looking for people to help deliver election literature, display a poster, in Moordown or perhaps do some telling, at the polls, on the day. If there is anyone out there who would like to help please phone me on 397047 or 527049. Or post a comment on here. If you have read this Blog please add yourself as a follower, thanks.

This afternoon after my meeting, I went for my weekly drive around Moordown. I try to do this at least once a week, just looking to see if there is anything urgent that needs attention. Today I logged 20 pot holes and a very untidy empty building site. These were in Easter Rd, Naseby Rd, Malvern Rd, Nursery Rd, Hillcrest Rd,Redbreast Rd, Priory View Rd, Coronation Avenue and the bottom of Winston Rd, the untidy building site was, as ever, in Priory View road. I shall report them to Technical Services on Monday morning and hope to see them repaired very shortly. If you know of any others, in roads I have not mentioned, please let me know and I will report them.

This Week

How nice to see a little sunshine this week, despite the cold wind, it really raises my spirits.

This week I have had more requests to help sort out thoughtless parking in different parts of the Ward. If you park in a different part of the Ward than your own area please take a look around you and see if you are likely to cause anybody else any difficulty with parking or turning etc. Often inconsiderate parking can lead to accidents,bad community feeling and yellow lines, if the refuse lorry can't get through.

This weekend should see the end of most of the problems, of the Gas Board, in Brassey Road. Hopefully then we will be able to get on with the making of the little Remembrance Garden at the junction.