Ridge Meadow School

Ridge Meadow school has been proposed to be closed, the decision will be made by the Cabinet on Thursday 17th September.

The reason for this proposal is the surplus spaces (and future predicted surplus spaces) within the school and therefore (the argument) is the school is un-viable.

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A consultation period was introduced and the results of that consultation have now been produced to Councillors. During that time Cllr Pat Gulvin and I had a meeting with the head teacher and the school governors and was treated to a guided tour of the school and the facilities.

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Also, residents in the local area signed a petition card (above) asking for this school and 2 others to remain open.

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Now that the consultation period is over, reviewing the evidence, peoples opposition and looking at the schools facilities and the potential facilities we (Cllr Matt Bright & Cllr Pat Gulvin along with Luton & Wayfield Cllr Tashi Bhutia) believe Ridge Meadow should not close and should remain open. There are other alternatives within the Wayfield area to deal with the surplus spaces and closing Ridge Meadow should not be one of them.

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Due to the strength of our opposition we sent letters out (above) to all of the residents that had taken the time to sign the petition card.

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We are not Cabinet members, so we do not get to vote on this issue, but we have and will continue to urge Cabinet members to keep Ridge Meadow school open.

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posted by matt bright.

New Planning Application

Here is the latest planning application involving a property in Princes Park.

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Hopewell Drive

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posted by matt bright.

Our Battle

Our Battle Against the Motorbikes
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These are the latest barriers to be installed (along Highgrove Road) to prevent the unruly motorbike. On all three sites there remained 2 barriers that were previously installed before we were elected. However, only having 2 barriers did little or nothing to stop motorbikes going through at speed. So we have added a third barrier to all 3 sites to try and prevent the problem.

We will probably never stop the motorbike completely because they can simply de-mount the bike and walk it through but it will harm their enjoyment and hopefully they will go elsewhere.

The barriers have to be a certain width apart from each other to allow push bikes, push chairs and disabled access.
If you know of any other part of Princes Park that could benefit from such an installation please contact us.

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posted by matt bright.

September 2009 Surgery

Thank you to the 2 residents who expressed a local concern when they visited the surgery last Saturday.

Both local issues are currently being dealt with and should be completed in the next couple of days.

If you are a resident of Princes Park and you have a local issue you can visit the surgery or get in contact by email of phone to either Cllr Pat Gulvin or myself.

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posted by matt bright,

Luton & Wayfield Results

Here are the final results of the Luton & Wayfield by-election last Thursday;

Conservatives - 1042 (Tashi Bhutia elected)
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Labour - 1038
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Lib Dems - 223
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UKIP - 200
BNP - 186
Independent - 87
Greens - 51
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The turn out was 29.78%.
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posted by matt bright.

The Hero of the Day

Matt and I with many Conservatives were out in force yesterday. We were doing the final work to get Tashi Bhutia as our new councillor for Luton and Wayfield. We had a nail biting finish. We had three re-counts and Tashi won by 4 votes.

This was a fantastic win for the Conservatives as Luton and Wayfield was one of the five safest seats in Kent. There was a swing of over 11%.

We would like to welcome Tashi to the council and I know that Luton and Wayfield will have a very hard working councillor.

posted by Pat