Since my last report there has not been a full cycle of Committee meetings; the last Cabinet meeting was Thursday Feb 21 followed by the Council meeting March 7 At the Cabinet Meeting on Thursday Jan 17 the Cabinet discussed car parking charges. Proposals for ending the 2hr free parking scheme in Southwell were withdrawn […]

Racecourse Road from Upton Road to Rolleston, the old railway track, has been barred and gated by Southwell Racecourse. The road was gated to prevent cars using it, on non-race days. But it was always available for cyclists and walkers. Now the road has been barred to everyone. A Facebook Page opposing the measure has […]

We all know that cars and HGV lorries are being driven too fast along Newark Road and through our village. We have been in contact with the Conservative run District and County Council to ask them to move the 30mph zone sign to the entrance of the village to help slow traffic before it enters the village. The […]

Thank you to everyone who raised with us the problems of dog fouling on the grass verges around the Eakring Road area during our ‘Residents Door Visits’ last Sunday in Wellow. Local Lib Dem Councillor Peter Harris has contacted Kelham Hall asking them to look at installing dog bins and signs warning dog owners they are likely to […]

I have just heard from Peter Topliss the County Council’s Senior Project Engineer (Newark Area) Tel 01623 873937 that Lower Kirklington Road Southwell (between Kirklington Road and Springfield Road) will have carriageway resurfacing – Peter says that this is ‘ dependent on Severn Trent schemes in the area being complete so may be deferred to […]

Since my last report there has been a full cycle of Committee meetings; the next Cabinet meeting is Thursday Feb 21 evening. At the Cabinet Meeting on Thursday Jan 17 the Cabinet raised the rent for houses in Southwell, some increases will be over 6% on top of rises of 6.8% in the previous year. […]

Wouldn’t it be better to get Southwell people planning what we want for Southwell – rather than what other people from elsewhere think we want – see this video?

The District Council has shown its support for Newark Hospital. This follows the debate on an Adjournment Debate held earlier this month at Parliament. In the debate Dr Dan Poulter the Health Minister said that he hoped that Sherwood Forest Hospital Trust could improve the Minor Injuries Unit at Newark to take Category 2 incidents. […]

As in Southwell Town Council there are fewer meetings of the District Council in December, and the new cycle of meetings has only recently restarted. One of the key decisions was taken at the Planning Committee. In January the Committee decided to reject the plans for the two turbines on the south side of Brackenhurst […]

A number of issues that I raised in my last report are still not fully disclosed. However, the debate on whether there should be a new Leisure Centre situated on Bowbridge Road, although not the detailed costs involved is now more open, after I raised the matter. One main decision agreed was to pursue the […]