One of the local papers this week has a story that is not only interesting, but even displays an element of investigative journalism and even a surprise.   It would have been more impressive if it had been published six weeks ago when the council meeting and vote that it relates to actually occurred – I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Crawley Council'
Council secrecy in Crawley
September 3rd, 2009 · 11 Comments · Politics
Tags: Crawley Council·Freemasons·Horsham Council·Internet·secret squirrel·WSCC
Council’s help
January 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Politics
The Crawley News has a piece about the council’s measures to help the town’s economy and try to protect residents from the worst effects as the global economy melts down. Its a very laudable ambition and I’m sure some of the measures are very sensible, which makes me feel a bit churlish to snipe away [...]
Tags: Crawley Council
Go West
November 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Forget the North-South divide: down here in Sussex we are suffering from an East-West divide. According to the Politics Show every council in East Sussex has signed up for the government’s free swimming for the over 60s scheme. The programme is contrasting that with Kent, where 8 out of 13 councils have opted out, with [...]
Tags: Crawley Council·Horsham
Airportman
September 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
BAA’s enforced sale of Gatwick is going to make for some interesting and uncertain times in the area. The BBC were carrying a story today about Horsham-based NOGAR campaigning to fight an additional runway, and I’m sure that GACC will be in the news before long. I don’t really have the attention span to say [...]
Tags: Aviation·Crawley Council
Travelling Without Moving
August 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics
The local papers have recently been providing a sort of running commentary on the ever-changing location of a group of travellers in Crawley. Or maybe there are a couple of groups: its hard to tell. All I know is that there have been caravans parked somewhere for the last couple of months. Which all reminds [...]
Levelling The Land
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
I have been told that the National Policy Forum has finally accepted what members of the party have been saying for ages and have decided to allow the so-called ‘level playing field’ for social housing. In other words, local councils can now apply for Housing Corporation grants under the same terms as housing associations. I [...]
Tags: Crawley Council·Horsham·Housing
Section 106
June 10th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Politics
Last week the Crawley News included the regular insert from the council: Crawley Live. Normally this is noncontentious to the point of dullness, but one article this time really wound me up: the one on page 7 about Section 106 agreements. It lists all the various benefits to society resulting from money extracted from developers [...]
The trouble with buses
June 10th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Politics
The other day I heard a story that amused me and depressed me in equal measure. Unfortunately it did not surprise me much. It went something like this:
Tags: Broadfield·Buses·Crawley Council·Idiots
Broadfield House
May 21st, 2008 · 11 Comments · Politics
The Crawley Observer has a story about an application to turn Grade II listed Broadfield House into apartments. Looking at the plans the proposal is to cram 12 apartments into the building, which will mean, I guess, that there is no obligation to include any affordable housing at all.  The publicity came about because a [...]
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley·Crawley Council·Housing·Local Papers
Watch what you eat
April 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life, Politics, Technology
The story in today’s Crawley Observer about food hygiene standards of local business was endlessly fascinating. There is nothing new about premises being inspected of course, but now the results are easier to find and easier to understand and compare.
Have you heard of the categorisation of political activists into...