The Liberal Democrats have published their election manifesto for the Uttlesford District Council elections on May 2nd: IMPROVING LIFE IN UTTLESFORD AFTER MAY 2019 AN AMBITIOUS LIBERAL DEMOCRAT VISION FOR UTTLESFORD DISTRICT It is in five sections: Growing local businesses and local employment Delivering housing that is truly affordable for everyone Protecting and enhancing the […]

The linked letter has been sent to The Rt. Hon. James Brokenshire MP calling on him to call-in the decision of Uttlesford District Council’s Planning Committee to expand the throughput of Stansted Airport. I told local newspapers this week: “The decision was made on national party-political grounds. It should have been based on local planning policies, […]

The following press release as issued today (PDF): Uttlesford’s Liberal Democrat group leader, Cllr Alan Dean, says “Uttlesford must step up to the mark over airport expansion at Stansted. Its approach so far has been too laid back and opaque. UDC has given the impression that the airport’s application to have 43 million passengers a […]

Several weeks ago I made a written complaint to officers and the responsible cabinet member at Uttlesford Council about the highly unsatisfactory condition of the Lower Street public car park here in Stansted. The car park is owned by Uttlesford District Council. Yet the council has allowed the developer of the adjacent Castle Maltings health centre/supermarket/luxury apartments to […]

The developer at Castle Maltings in Lower Street, Stansted has applied for the second time for apartment residents to have an amenity area on the roof of the four-storey development. THE PROPOSAL: Variation of condition 9 of UTT/1522/12/FUL – to allow use of the roof as residential amenity space with associated works and erection of […]

I was shocked yesterday to discover that Stansted’s new health centre building at Castle Maltings, Lower Street has been built to a different design from the one approved by Uttlesford’s planning committee. Even more alarming, I’ve spend months trying without success to get answers about the constructed design vs the approved design out of the council’s planning […]

Patients will be provided with dedicated parking at Stansted’s long-awaited health centre after all. 🙂 This was confirmed yesterday at a meeting I chaired with representatives from the GP practice and district and parish councils. Thirty-three spaces at the Lower Street car park will be marked out for the health centre. Roughly half will be […]

Last night’s meeting of Stansted Surgery’s Patient Participation Group provided some insight into the state of play with the long-awaited new medical centre in Lower Street. My last blog post on this topic reported that the local Clinical Commissioning Group had announced that Stansted’s GPs were refusing the sign a lease on the as yet […]

Work is steaming ahead at Lower Street, Stansted to build what is primarily meant to be a new health centre. But according to NHS managers at the West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, Stansted’s GP Practice is refusing to sign the lease for the premises so the deal remains uncertain. The CCG board met last Thursday. […]

Almost on cue, the demolition of buildings on the proposed the site for Stansted’s long-awaited medical centre got underway in the past week. Above is the site last Sunday, August 31st. Below is how it looks today, Sunday 7th September, 2014. Fingers crossed that this is the first step towards a new building and medical centre. […]