Local Plan

The meeting to decide what the District Council’s response to the EIP Inspectors initial findings are will take place on the 9th December. This will probably happen before some people read this article. My personal opinion on how things are turning out on this is that I fear that things have moved into another phase recently and that the outcome of this meeting will not be to the benefit of the Parish’s of Eastington and Standish. There is not much else I can say on this just now. I will have more to say in my next newsletter after the meeting. Work is continuing within the Parish to show to officers and other councilors what are believed to be fundamental errors in the reports and decision recommendations that will be tabled at the meeting. This will continue right up to and in the meeting itself.

Boundary Commission Review
The District Council’s all party working group have submitted a recommendation to the

Commissionon how they think the District’s Ward boundaries should look, taking into account the changes required to accommodate a more equitable and acceptable resident-councilor ratio. The recommendation includes a new ward that will comprise the Parish’s on Eastington, Standish and Whitminster. This will be a single member ward. I was not a member of this working group.

Sheltered Housing Service.
The new service arrangements for tenants in the District’s sheltered housing schemes starts on Monday 24th November. I hope these arrangements provide everything it is hoped they will provide. The tenants in these schemes really do need a long period of stability and calm after what seems to have been endless years of restructuring and upset.