Yesterday, the District Council decided not to amend its plans for housing in Southwell, and made one small alteration to the plan for the industrial estate on the east of the town, south of Crew Lane. Despite many comments from Southwell residents and groups to the Council, saying that the Council had not listened to […]

PCSO Richard Dunn reports that following my requests at the Safer Neighbourhood Group meeting, another speeding operation took place on Eakring Road, Wellow and Lower Kirklington Road, Southwell between 7.30am and 11am last Tuesday. Only 1 Fixed Penalty Ticket was issued but also 10 warnings given to drivers just exceeding the limit. I welcome the fact that few […]

Many years ago, the development at Humberstone Road should have had a play area installed by the developers. I have been campaigning to get the play area installed, but there have been disputes between the District Council and the developer[s] on how the play area – and the required planting should be put in – […]

At our regular Surgery – held every month on the Saturday before the Town Council’s Planning meeting – there were more complaints about blocked drains in Southwell. Drains along Westgate and Lowes Wong were the ones that were the subject of concern – and I have reported these in to the County Council. Sometimes the […]

I am disappointed, but, I’m afraid, unsurprised that we are not selected as one of the 27 towns to be supported in the Portas Project. I did not think that the application made on behalf of the town by the N&SDC was at all strong. However, now that we are not part of the High […]

The local Liberal Democrats have led the campaign to get faster broadband for our rural areas. We are working with Nottinghamshire County Council now that they have agreed with us  that broadband penetration is poor here and that our rural communities suffer the most. The Nottinghamshire Local Broadband Plan concentrates on the 116,011 premises that […]

The County Council have told me of yet another closure of Queen Street next Sunday July 8. What a pity that the County Council are not using the same closure to repair their road humps [which have failed yet again]. The road humps that were installed by the County Council just under ten years ago […]

The Town Council is proposing to open up the footpath from Harveys and Minster Fields alongside the stream. A footbridge over the entrance to Squires Pond is needed after the previous bridge was taken down over a decade ago. The Town applied for a small grant from a fund called the Local Area Agreement, which […]

Nottinghamshire County Council is putting in ‘Real Time’ bus travel information at bus stops across north Nottinghamshire. New money has been allocated by the Coalition Government to improve our buses in rural areas. Real Time is a state-of-the-art system that provides accurate information when the next bus is due to arrive. Buses are fitted with […]

A number of houses are prone to flooding in Southwell. Some of those houses have been mapped by the Environment Agency, but some are flooded due to local poor drainage. Many local people are concerned about future flooding, and residents have expressed worry about insurance costs. More must be done on flood insurance in the […]