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List of planning public notices affecting the city It is a legal requirement for the council to give public notice of certain types of planning application and other planning matters by the display of an advert in a local newspaper. If you wish to comment, please follow the advice contained in the notice. The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Sections 67 & 73 Application Types: P - Planning permission L - Listed Building Consent SL - Affecting the setting of a Listed Building AC - Affecting a Conservation Area D - Not in accordance with the provisions of the Development Plan RW - Affecting a public right of way T - For a telecommunications mast 7th May 2015 151072 – AC P Development of a petrol filling station, ancillary retail kiosk with associated infrastructure. Land off Belmont Road, Hereford 151106 - AC Externally illuminated fascia sign and projecting sign. Specsavers, 12 Maylord Street, Hereford 151103 – AC L Blocking up high level window within the party wall and new rooflight. 31 Broomy Hill, Hereford If you wish to make representations or comments you can during the period of 21 days beginning with the date of the publication of this notice quoting the relevant number: By the Website: Using the online comment form By e-mail to: planning_enquiries@herefordshire.gov.uk By post to: - Planning Services, PO Box 230, Hereford, HR1 2ZB ANDREW ASHCROFT (Assistant Director) This was posted on the council's website today - a week late.

Thats why I mentioned it was in another topic Colin

Anyone seen any reports on Norman Augustine's visit to Hereford in April 2015. Comment here from Richard Weaver on Facebook. #NMITE Hereford's New University launched was honoured with guest speaker Norman R. Augustine. Remarkable man who having lead the most amazing life in the US space industry is now devoting himself to building links between education and technology & engineering. Check him out on Wikipedia Seems to have passed by very quietly.

Interview here on Bastion Radio with Guy Taylor who mentions Amanda and Hereford Voice. I have also been following Guy Taylor and he mentioned Amanda in the course of an interview (2:18:00) on Bastion Radio in Bristol. The radio would like to contact her for further information. Would you be interested Amanda? Listen to the radio programme here. Even I got a mention twice together with Hereford Voice, although he didn't get the facts completely right - I don't own Hereford Voice!

Bought some rail tickets on Monday (11th May 2015) and enquired if the lifts are operational yet. The answer was No. Originally told they would be working April 2014!

That sounds refreshing.

I think Jesse Norman has got it right with his discussion document "Relieving Traffic Congestion in and around Hereford: Why East is Best" This has cropped up several times in Hereford Voice starting with this document in 2009 and his letter to the Local Enterprise Partnership in 2014. Summary This paper proposes a new approach to the vexed issue of a Hereford bypass. This involves three elements: * A link road between the A49 and the A465 * A second major road bridge across the River Wye at Rotherwas, with a connecting road up to the Ledbury Road but not across the Lugg Meadows; and *A short connecting road between the A49 North of the city to the Worcester Road. The present paper analyses the respective merits of this option vs. a Western by-pass, and proposes an innovative approach to funding. It is thus a small but important part of an overall transport plan for the county. The present paper analyses the respective merits of this option vs. a Western by-pass, and proposes an innovative approach to funding. It is thus a small but important part of an overall transport plan for the county. Its conclusion is that the proposed approach: * Is far less expensive and more achievable than the Western by-pass * Could be implemented more quickly, within a 4-5 year period * Can be more easily managed, in discrete phases * Addresses huge needs in both the county and Hereford City * Delivers better reduction in traffic congestion, more cost-effectively * Removes the need for more housing simply to fund the road, allowing more organic and flexible city development * Preserves a high proportion of any developer contributions for use on new housing estates and in the city itself * Is better for businesses at Rotherwas, and uses the existing Rotherwas link road to good effect; and * Retains other options as to future road development. His financial arguments appear sound adding that: The eastern approach is £60-£80 million less expensive than a Western by-pass, without loss of quality. Less money spent means quicker build time; more control over the project; less drain on funding from developer contributions; and more money retained for other purposes. However the Herefordshire Council can't see common sense and will take us down the road of perdition.

First published Monday 11th May 2015 in Hereford Times Letters

Nice to see the environment here at Sherborn Close is still being enhanced by inconsiderate fly tipping. I called into Herefordshire Housing today and they said they would react to it. The amazing thing is a Herefordshire Housing vehicle is parked in this area every night. The flytipping is also on council land so maybe we shall see Balfour Beatty spring into action, although they appear to have mown around it last week.

Herefordshire Council News - 11th May 2015 A bit of back slapping for only doing their job. I noticed today that Herefordshire Housing were cutting their grass and taking away the grass - a good job done, meanwhile BB just fling it around when they get round to cutting theirs. It is obvious that if BB didn't have their locality stewards nothing would get done - how do the public get in touch about problems. The litter problem has disappeared under the newly grown verges waiting to emerge when they get round to cutting it.

In February 2015 I raised this problem in post 52, in connection with the 2010 General Election, although in the latest result Jesse polled more votes than the opposition put together. The figures for the Herefordshire Council elections however show that the Tories could have been beaten if only one opposition party was put forward. The only problem then is to get the public to vote for it. This article in the The Independent "Why did you vote Tory" is an interesting read. The general election's surprise result of a Conservative majority government has shocked professional pundits and pollsters, but others are just as puzzled with many asking why did so many people vote Tory? To find an answer to this apparent conundrum, one person took to the social networking and news site Reddit to ask Tory voters for their motives. Self-explanatory - I'm not asking in a snarky way, I am genuinely curious. Could you please explain your reasoning for voting the way you did? Thanks! Edit: and please actually explain - don't just say "the economy" Edit2: fame and glory!!

Well said Bobby and straight for the jugular.

List of planning public notices affecting the city It is a legal requirement for the council to give public notice of certain types of planning application and other planning matters by the display of an advert in a local newspaper. If you wish to comment, please follow the advice contained in the notice. The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Sections 67 & 73 Application Types: P - Planning permission L - Listed Building Consent SL - Affecting the setting of a Listed Building AC - Affecting a Conservation Area D - Not in accordance with the provisions of the Development Plan RW - Affecting a public right of way T - For a telecommunications mast 23 April 2015 150823 & 150824 – L SL Widen driveway. Remove existing retaining wall and pillar, rebuild wall and pillar in new position. 181 Whitecross Road, Hereford 150873 - AC Enlargement of single storey utility room approved under P143016/FH and new conservatory to rear elevation. 22 Hafod Road, Hereford 30 April 2015 150839 - AC Extension to rear beer garden. Land to the rear of Kings Fee, 49 - 53 Commercial Road, Hereford 151119 & 151120 – P SL Reconfiguration of site layout due to a Compulsory Purchase Order. Works include the part demolition of existing timber treatment unit and demolition of adhoc storage units. Re-cladding parts of the existing building and sawmill to block up openings due to re-configuration. Jewson Wharf, 9 Canal Road, Hereford If you wish to make representations or comments you can during the period of 21 days beginning with the date of the publication of this notice quoting the relevant number: By the Website: Using the online comment form By e-mail to: planning_enquiries@herefordshire.gov.uk By post to: - Planning Services, PO Box 230, Hereford, HR1 2ZB ANDREW ASHCROFT (Assistant Director)

Now the local elections are over maybe the council can get its expenditure figures updated and published. The last figures published are January 2015.

Votes cast in 2015 Herefordshire Council Elections (source Hereford Times with amendments) Arrow Phillips, Roger - Conservative - 1486 Matthews- Paul, Sophie - It's OUR County - 571 Aylestone Hill Lloyd- Hayes, Marcelle - It's OUR County - 539 Tyler, Ange - Independent - 510 Davies, Maggie - Conservative - 453 Starling, Angela - Liberal Democrat - 179 Backbury Hardwick, John - Independent - 739 Green, Graham - Conservative - 580 Southorn, Vivienne Mary - It's OUR County - 350 Belmont Rural Bowes, Tracy - It's OUR County - 577 Chester, Mark - Conservative - 547 Bridges, Adrian - Independent - 538 Birch Harlow, David - Conservative - 868 Norris, John - It's OUR County - 576 Godding, Elaine - Independent - 427 Bircher Bowen, Sebastian - Independent - 1375 Denbeigh, Peter - Conservative - 638 Jeffery, Neil - It's OUR County - 242 Bishops Frome/Cradley Morgan, Patricia - Conservative - 1331 Chowns, Ellie - Green Party - 610 Bobblestock Butler, Clive - Conservative - 502 Nicholls, Anthony - It's OUR County - 472 Price, Gwyn - UK Independence Party - 330 Francis, Mike - Liberal Democrat - 236 Bromyard West Seldon, Alan - It's OUR County - 751 Dawson, Stuart - Conservative - 623 Bromyard/Brinsgty Shaw, Nigel - Conservative - 715 Swinford, Gary - Independent - 617 Turner, Sue - It's OUR County - 502 Castle Skelton, Clive - Conservative - 823 McAndrew, Dave - It's OUR County - 676 Grist, Stephen - Independent - 369 Central Tawn, Len - It's OUR County - 746 Paul, Patricia - Conservative - 398 Hurds, David - Liberal Democrat - 321 College Wilcox, Brian - Conservative - 539 Andrews, Paul - It's OUR County - 418 Goodwin, Roger - Independent - 399 Lane, Matt - Liberal Democrat - 179 Credenhill Matthews, Bob - Independent - 820 Meekcom, Darrell - It's OUR County - 430 Blackshaw, Julia - Conservative - 429 Dinedor Hill Summers, David - It's OUR County - 900 Sinclair, Peter - Conservative - 858 Eign Hill North, Kath - It's OUR County - 1131 Kennedy, Tom - Conservative - 503 Brooks, Hugh - Liberal Democrat - 263 Golden Valley North Price, Phillip - Conservative - 860 Lawrence, Colin - It's OUR County - 632 Treanor, Brendan Charles - Independent - 222 Cotterell, Moira - UK Independence Party - 189 Golden Valley South Powell, Graham - Conservative - 1364 Smith, Jessica - Green Party - 357 Pawley, Ellen - Independent - 351 Greyfriars Powers, Anthony - It's OUR County - 654 Hawley, Paula - Conservative - 453 Price, Tim - Independent - 382 Williams, Stephen - Liberal Democrat - 233 Hagley Greenow, Dave - Conservative - 749 Fitzgerald, Michael - Independent - 644 Neades, Paul - It's OUR County - 628 Hampton Baker, Bruce - Conservative - 1165 Norris, Sasha - It's OUR County - 770 Verley, Angela - Independent - 126 Hinton/Hunderton Chappell, Chris - Independent - 533 Tillett, Kevin - Liberal Democrat - 204 Hall, Laura - It's OUR County - 444 Miln, Jeremy - Green Party - 182 Holmer Round, Andrew - Independent - 596 Hope, Sebastian - Conservative - 577 Moorcroft, Andy - It's OUR County - 574 Hope End Johnson, Anthony - Conservative - 1266 Waller, Karen - It's OUR County - 876 Kerne Bridge Newman, Paul - Conservative - 919 Cole, Simeon - Independent - 643 Utting, Caroline - Liberal Democrat - 282 Kings Acre Mansell, Mark - It's OUR County - 775 Toon, Anna - Liberal Democrat - 517 Swift, Andy - Independent - 257 Kington James, Terry - Liberal Democrat - Not contested automatically elected Ledbury North Harvey, Liz - It's OUR County - 1008 Bettington, Phil - Conservative - 668 Ledbury South Holton, Emma - Conservative - 822 Widdows, Terry - It's OUR County - 606 Eakin, Matthew - Liberal Democrat - 266 Ledbury West Warmington, Andrew - It's OUR County - 827 Baker, Debbie - Conservative - 715 Leominster East Bartlett, Jenny - Green Party - 748 Rosser, Wayne - Conservative - 547 Portman- Lewis, Elizabeth - UK Independence Party - 264 Leominster North & Rural Stone, John - Conservative - 1296 Gibson, Andrew - Green Party - 629 Leominster South McCaull, Peter - Independent - 686 Barton, Robert - Green Party - 492 Morgan, Craig - Conservative - 425 Leominster West Norman, Felicity - Green Party - 682 Johnson, James - Conservative - 486 Thomas, Clive - Liberal Democrat - 174 Llangarron Swinglehurst, Elissa - Conservative - 1150 Roberts, Jane - Liberal Democrat - 329 Morgan, Cherry - It's OUR County - 300 Skeggs, Doug - Independent - 264 Mortimer Gandy, Carol - Conservative - 780 Kaye, Alison Jayne - It's OUR County - 776 Harnett, Vic - Independent - 347 Newton Farm Edwards, Phil - Independent - 450 Powell, Glenda - Independent - 305 Cooper, Andrew - Conservative - 210 Haider, Jamal - It's OUR County - 161 Carwardine, Jacqui - Liberal Democrat - 151 Old Gore Durkin, Barry - Conservative - 1059 Lilwall, Val - Independent - 514 Willis, Charles - It's OUR County - 318 Penyard Bramer, Harry - Conservative - 1315 Morris, Chris - Independent - 741 Queenswood Crockett, Pauline - Independent - 841 Dangerfield, Christian - Conservative - 678 Ruck, Robert - It's OUR County - 510 Redhill Rone, Paul - Conservative - 684 Foster, David - It's OUR County - 400 Mardle, George - Labour - 278 Springer, Mary - Liberal Democrat - 176 Ross East Cutter, Phillip - Conservative - 689 Morgan, Craig - Independent - 613 Hendrie, Robert - Liberal Democrat - 313 Hamilton, Clive - UK Independence Party - 282 Ross North Hyde, Jenny - Conservative - 833 Bennett, Caroline - Liberal Democrat - 744 Ross West Mayo, Richard - Conservative - 871 Bartrum, Chris - Liberal Democrat - 641 Avery, Anthony - It's OUR County - 244 Saxon Gate Davies, Alison - Independent Griffiths, David - It's OUR County McEvilly, Mark - Conservative Oliver, Aubrey - Liberal Democrat Conservative candidate, Mark McEvilly was declared victorious by just 19 votes over IOC candidate David Griffiths, before the result was then deemed 'unsafe' by Herefordshire Council due to 400 spoiled papers. There will be a by-election in due course. Stoney Street Williams, Steve - Conservative - 611 Taylor, David Charles - Independent - 531 Stokes, James - It's OUR County - 431 Protherough, Carol Ann - Green Party - 362 Sutton Walls Guthrie, Kema - Conservative - 802 Hughes, Mike - Independent - 539 Stannard, John Robert - It's OUR County - 448 Three Crosses Lester, Jonathan - Conservative - 1288 Blackmore, Giles - It's OUR County - 776 Tupsley Kenyon, Jim - It's OUR County - 1390 Macleod, Archie - Conservative - 341 Meredith, Lionel - Liberal Democrat - 166 Weobley Cooper, Mark - Conservative - 988 Jones, Mike - Independent - 966 Whitecross Michael, Sharon Margaret - It's OUR County - 444 Sheppard, Jenny - Conservative - 358 Smith, Richard Barrington - UK Independence Party - 318 Fraser, Gemma - Liberal Democrat - 291 Hunt, Bernard - Independent - 119 Widemarsh Andrews, Polly - Liberal Democrat - 409 Martin, Amanda Suna - It's OUR County - 386 Sheppard, David - Conservative - 260 Wormside Johnson, Jon - Conservative - 742 Knipe, Jim - Independent - 495 Thomas, Paul - It's OUR County - 452 Bramwell, Mark - Liberal Democrat - 158 Time for analysis on what went wrong. As has been stated The Independents and IOC should have had a pact which would have ensured change and being to the benefit of both parties now and in the future.

Where do you find the nominations for the Hereford City Parish Council?

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I had this card put through my letterbox this evening by the Conservatives. On the reverse it states that Andrew Cooper is the right choice for Herefeordshire and Hereford City He is standing in the Herefordshire Council election Newton Farm ward. Are there any elections for the Hereford City Council taking place as I haven't seen anything mentioned to date?

Just by coincidence today in The Guardian

Here is the link

Hello Jean. As the removal of trees will be carried out if the Southern Link road is approved you may like to read the Woodland Trust take on the General election 2015. Get woods and trees on the agenda. Trees and woods represent relevant, practical, cost-effective and long-term solutions to many of the major challenges facing our nation. We believe aspiring MPs have a responsibility to act as stewards of trees and woods, to help protect and expand these valuable national assets for the future. They also have an opportunity to make the most of them, as policy tools. We know that Jesse Norman was in favour of an eastern route (see post 15) and the IOC don't want one at all. What about the others?

Northamptonshire County Council have produced this Election Related Fly-posting Policy. Wouldn't know if HC have such a policy. Northamptonshire County Council recognises that most candidates and parties will want to display campaign material relating to an upcoming election or referendum. Any parties and candidates wishing to do so should take account of the most up-to-date guidance from the Electoral Commission. Current Electoral Commission Guidance states that election related material: must: i) be removed within 14 calendar days after the election; and must not: ii) be displayed without the permission of the owner of the site; iii) interfere with or impede traffic or other road users. It is important that the Authority remains impartial during elections and referenda. For this reason, the Authority will not give candidates and parties permission to display their campaign material on land or buildings owned by the Authority.

I agree with you Bobby. This election is our last chance to change the way the establishment run our lives. Any vote, other than for UKIP, is a confirmation that things will not change. The topics covered over the last months have highlighted how these politicians are looking after themselves and their party and not our country. The planned fragmention of the UK will result in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and eventually England becoming regions of the EU and answerable to this unelected bureaucracy. Having trawled through the UKIP manifesto they make what seems to be common sense policy and the few extracted sentences below appeal to me. UKIP will not allow large companies to continue getting away with paying zero or negligible corporation tax in Britain. We will bring this unfairness to an end. Government has focused on the wrong spending priorities for far too long. It is time to stop wasting money on trying to be popular on the world stage, and start tackling urgent, pressing needs here in the UK. Immigration is not about race; it is about space. Immigrants are not the problem; it is the current immigration system that is broken. The NHS is the National Health Service, not the International Health Service. Hospital car parking charges are a tax on the sick. We will invest £200 million to make parking at English hospitals free for patients and their visitors We find it astonishing that other political parties, while launching high-profile campaigns against TTIP, nevertheless remain committed to our EU membership. Their hypocrisy is shameless. Further, by linking vocational schools and colleges with industry, we will introduce an option for students to take an apprenticeship qualification instead of four non-core GCSEs. Students can then continue their apprenticeships past the age of 16, working with certified professionals qualified to grade their progress. We will also amend planning legislation to ensure planning applications for family housing developments of forty homes or more, without dedicated garden space for each unit, will be required to include a communal play area in each scheme. We will end unfair ATOS-style Work Capability Assessments and return assessments to GPs or appropriate specialist consultants, who have full access to patients’ medical records and are likely to know the patient. We believe this makes them the best person to undertake assessments and we will ensure they are adequately funded and resourced to take on this task. UKIP will introduce policies to incentivise the creation of more affordable housing, while protecting rural communities and preserving our precious countryside. We will replace the current National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and introduce fresh national planning guidelines that will prioritise brownfield sites for new housing and genuinely protect the green belt. We will take steps to remove the barriers to brownfield builds with the aim of building one million homes on brownfield sites by 2025 to address the current housing shortage. UKIP will only allow installation of speed cameras when they can be used as a deterrent at accident black spots, near schools and in residential areas where there are specific potential dangers. We will not permit speed cameras to be used as revenueraisers for local authorities. HS2 is an unaffordable white elephant and, given other, far more pressing calls on public expenditure, such as the NHS, social care and defence, not to mention the need to reduce the deficit, it must face the axe. UKIP will abolish green taxes and levies and withdraw from the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, reducing fuel bills and enhancing industrial competitiveness at a stroke. We will also make the way you pay your bill fairer, by stopping energy companies charging extra for customers who use prepayment meters, who do not pay by direct debit, or who require paper billing. We will push every local authority in the country to offer at least 30 minutes free parking in town centres, high streets and shopping parades, to encourage shoppers into our town centres and boost local business. Removing VAT completely from repairs to listed building Introducing a ‘presumption in favour of conservation’ as opposed to the current ‘presumption in favour of development’ in planning legislation. The EU is just not interested in sustainable fishing. If we want to eat fish in the future, we must preserve our fishing industry and our marine ecology. We can only do this if we escape the CFP and introduce our own sustainable fishing practice. Our human rights will be enshrined in law via the introduction of a new, consolidated UK Bill of Rights. This will complement the UN Declaration of Human Rights and encapsulate all the human and civil rights that UK citizens have acquired under UK law since Magna Carta. This new UK Bill of Rights will apply across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We will decriminalise one crime: non-payment of the TV licence fee. This will become a civil rather than a criminal offence. We will also review the cost ot the licence fee with a view to its reduction. British justice is still the best in the world, but is being corrupted by the EU. Unelected bureaucrats in Brussels and judges in Strasbourg and Luxembourg, can ignore British fears about crime. It is time to bring our British legal system back under British control. UKIP will campaign for a new, proportional voting system that delivers a Parliament truly reflective of the number of votes cast, while retaining a constituency link, so every vote really does count. UKIP wants far reaching political reform to ensure that government answers properly to Parliament and that Parliament is accountable to the people. UKIP believes councils should exist to serve their communities first and we will put power back where it belongs: in the hands of local people. UKIP will declare St George’s Day, 23rd April a Bank Holiday in England and St David’s Day, 1st March, in Wales. We will rebuild our Armed Forces and restore them to their rightful place among the most professional, flexible and effective fighting forces in the world, able to meet the security demands of the modern era and react appropriately to any threat that the UK faces both now and in the future. Wherever we send our brave heroes, whatever the danger, they never let us down. We will not let them down. We will honour the Military Covenant. Britain’s role in the world has changed significantly over the past few decades. Instead of concerning ourselves with securing peace, British forces have been deployed around the world in a series of conflicts that seem to have worsened, instead of improved, our security situation.†Clamping down on so-called ‘fake charities,’ or state-funded political activism

From BBC News today After the judgement, Mr Beavis said: "I am absolutely furious that they have not upheld the law as it stands, but have created new law." This sets a dangerous precedent. More twisted justice.

Came across this video concerning the UK and the EU. After watching this you may want to vote to come out if you get the chance. Only UKIP can do it. Countdown timer to General Election 7th May 2015