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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 […]

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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 […]

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Levelling The Land

July 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on Levelling The Land · 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 […]

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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 […]

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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:

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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 […]

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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.

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Cleaning up

March 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Life

On Saturday there was a “Let’s face it” event in Broadfield, organised by the Christ the Lord church.  These events are where groups of residents get together to do something like clear out a pond or tidy up bits of land and the council helps out by supplying the tools for the job, a van […]

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Potholes

January 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics

I was just flicking through last week’s Crawley News before sending it to the recycling bin, and stopped to read a story about potholes in the town.

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Strange answer

January 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics

The saga of our council leader’s trip to South Africa is continuing to occupy the attention of the local press, and this week’s installment is particularly amusing.   The visit was part of some sort of training, and I think its safe to say that  whether Bob Lanzer learned anything on the visit he has certainly […]

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