Planning consent for the extended tipping was granted by Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation, but now Cory Environmental, who run the site to dispose of London’s waste, have said they want at least a six month extension.
If we do nothing then it will be built which will, Lower the value of your house, Spoil your community, Take away the safety of the flood plain, Damage the roads and reduce the safety when they have an alternative .
Jackie said, “It is a no-brainer. Given the amount of power leaders have over the strategy and direction of a local community it is much more democratic that electors should decide who should lead them and be able to hold them to account against what they promised to deliver.
The police have further advised that speed cameras on the A126 is also not an option because of government policy - as there have to be a certain number of deaths/accidents/collisions before an installation is approved.
With normal court proceedings going on and temperatures outside soaring into the eighties, the six members of council staff struggled to cope with over a hundred cases.
The dissenting voice (or hand) was new councillor, Steve Liddiard. Steve had been an officer for a number of years and it could be that he could see that the issue/application was a no-brainer, had been clearly enunciated by the officers and further meetings would bog down the committee and still end up facing the fact that the application is still an inappropriate development on Green Belt land.
Former Vice-Chair of the controversial Thurrock Council Planning Committee, Barry Palmer has gone on the record to "clear his name" in the wake of the Collison report.
A VERTIGO sufferer has mounted a campaign to bring back a service to help nervous people cross the QE2 bridge and get through the Dartford tunnels. Jeff Goodwin, 60, hasn’t used the 450ft high bridge since the Highways Agency axed its escort patrol service in August.
Organisations that might have been effectively locked out before, including voluntary sector and small business, will be in a much stronger position to pitch for contracts and bring new ideas and solutions to the table."
Recommendation 10: "The Code of Conduct relating to Planning Matters.. to include the
requirement that Members should not meet developers or agents for discussions without a Senior Planning Officer present".
Cllr Yash Gupta, Thurrock’s Cabinet member for Environment said: “There are clear benefits to conducting a public survey in this way. As well as providing excellent value for money, it also enables everyone involved to identify areas of best practice and spot national, regional and local trends.
DAVID Campbell-Bannerman MEP addressed the US Ambassador to the EU, William E. Kennard, and the EU Committee on International Trade this week. He asserted that the EU is a barrier to free trade.
He also pledged to keep on fighting for what concerns the residents not least of which was the mooted expansion of the Port of Tilbury into green belt land very near to the Thurrock Park estate.
Ms Doyle-Price said: "I don't think Thurrock Council is a good example of how local government should work.
"I don't think either political party has covered themselves in glory in recent months.
"I think the whole issue of the Planning Committee needs external attention and I don't think putting Terry Hipsey in the chair is the solution."
The directly elected Mayor option would see a borough-wide election to select an individual as Mayor, who would then appoint their own Cabinet of up to nine councillors, including a deputy.
