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Co-option opportunity for one Councillor

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WE HAVE A VACANCY FOR A

CO-OPTED COUNCILLOR

 

We currently have 1 vacancy.

We are looking for a person to join the Parish Council

If you are interested in applying for the vacancy, please submit a letter of interest and send to:

Sharon George, Parish Clerk,

Lawley & Overdale Parish Council,

Leonard Smith House,

Unit 2 West Centre Way,

Lawley TF3 5HT

or email to  clerk@lawleyoverdale.org.uk

Please include your reasons for wishing to be a Councillor, details of any previous council or community work, any other skills you can bring to the Council, your interests and recent career history.

Am I eligible to be a Parish Councillor?

To stand forCo-option on a parish council, you must:

  • be a UK or commonwealth citizen, or;
  • be a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, or;
  • be a citizen of another Member state of the European Union;
  • be a least 18 years old.

 

To be eligible to stand for Co-option for a particular parish, you must:

  • be an elector of the parish, or;
  • for the whole of the previous 12 months have occupied (as owner or tenant) land or other premises in the parish, or;
  • during the previous 12 months have worked in the parish (as your principal or only place of work), or;
  • for the whole of the previous 12 months lived in the parish or within three miles of the parish boundary.

Applications will need to be received by Tuesday 4th June 2019 for members to consider them. You will be invited to attend for an ‘interview’ on a date to be advised once agreed by Councillors

If you require any further information please contact Sharon George, Clerk to the Council, at the address/email above or 01952 507865

We look forward to hearing from you!

Temporary road closure along Colliers Way, Caledonian Way, Old Park

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We have been advised by Telford & Wrekin Council that there will be a temporary road closure as detailed below:

TTRO Caledonian Way Colliers Way

Please find attached information that outlines the traffic management arrangements for temporary road closures along Colliers Way and Caledonian Way, Old Park.

Balfour Beatty on behalf of Telford and Wrekin Council are planning to undertake resurfacing works. The work is set to commence on Monday 20th May 2019 and will last for a duration of 11 nights between the hours of 19:00pm and 06:00am on weekdays only with an end date of Friday 31st May 2019.

UPDATE ON LAWLEY COMMUNITY CAR PARK

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Telford and Wrekin Council has received notice of an appeal which has been made by Morrisons to the Secretary of State, against the Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for the erection of an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera.

Residents will recall that Telford and Wrekin Council, the Parish Council and over 1000 residents objected to Morrisons proposals due to:

  • the consideration that Lawley as Sustainable Urban Extension was granted on the provision that this was a community car park for the area, without restriction
  • the change of restriction from an unrestricted car park would therefore have a detrimental impact on local residents and businesses
  • its potential harm to highway safety and the economic viability of existing shops
  • and that, because of the lack of alternative available parking within Lawley, losing the unrestricted car park would worsen the current situation.

The Parish Council would encourage residents to comment on the appeal as the proposals would prevent Parkes’ Court residents, volunteers in the Charity Shops, and staff from the retail units, the Medical Centre, Lawley Dentist and the Extra Care Centre from parking on the car park, as they have done since the Square and Morrisons was built. They will inevitably have to park on local residential roads, causing issues for local residents and making it even more difficult for vehicles, including the local bus service, to travel around the area.

The appeal is to be considered solely on the basis of written statements and will be determined by a planning inspector who has been appointed by the Secretary of State to review the evidence.

If you wish to make comments on the appeal, you can do so online at https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk or by emailing NSI.planning2@planninginspectorate.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can send 3 copies to The Planning Inspectorate, 3G Hawk Wing, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol, BS1 6PN.

All comments must be recieved by 20/05/2019. In all cases please quote the case reference APP/C3240/W/19/3223822.

The planning Inspectorate will not acknowledge representations and any received after this date will not usually be considered by the Inspector and will be returned.

A guide to taking part in planning appeals is available from the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/taking-part-in-a-planning-listed-building-or-enforcement-appeal.

The appeal documents can be viewed on the planning online system at https://secure.telford.gov.uk/planning/home.aspx using reference number TWC/2018/0714. The appeal decision letter will be published on the Council’s planning online system and on GOV.UK.

NOTIFICATION RECEIVED RE PHASE 3 & 4 REMEDIAL WORKS

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Please see below the contents of a letter which has been sent out to  Persimmon Residents on Phase 3 & 4 of Lawley. The works are due to start on the 7th May and will also affect the whole development, Taylor Wimpey and Barratt Homes have notified their own Customers.

“Thursday 2nd May 2019

Dear Occupier,
There are essential works required to the highways on the development to enable maintenance / adoption of same by Telford Wrekin Council –APT. There are a number of footpaths and roads which are due to be topped in order to allow Telford and Wrekin Council to adopt the site under a S38 Agreement.
Our appointed Contractor, McPhillips Wellington Ltd, will be starting work on site on the 7th May and are due to complete the required remedial works by August 2019.
The works will be completed on a road by road basis so as to minimise the disruption caused to Residents.
Please accept our apologies for the delays.
We appreciate your patience to date and thank you for your anticipated cooperation”

We do not currently have a programme of works, however, we will publicise details once we receive them from McPhillips.