This crossing point is used by pedestrians of all ages, schoolchildren and adults alike, who need to cross the A17 in order to access services, facilities and transport links in Holbeach town centre; shops, buses, doctors, dentist, churches, schools, work etc. Likewise, pedestrians need to cross the A17 from Boston Road South to get to Holbeach Hospital and the food processing factory.

This is an inherently dangerous road to cross with the current crossing provision. The main reasons it is so dangerous are:
• Impaired sight-lines for motorists and pedestrians
• Fast moving traffic in both directions, with dual lanes on the Eastbound carriageway
• Pedestrians are exposed and vulnerable in the central island
• Traffic rarely indicates when turning left from Boston Road South onto the Westbound A17
• There is no signposting to indicate pedestrians crossing
• Vehicles often use the right turn only lane on the Eastbound carriageway to overtake at speed on the roundabout
• The volume of traffic will be increased past this crossing point when Peppermint Junction is developed

I contacted the Council, formally requesting an assessment and for a Signal-Controlled Crossing to be put at the Boston Road /A17 crossing, as there will be a significant increase in traffic when the Peppermint Junction improvement work is completed. Indeed the main purpose of the improved Peppermint Junction is to reduce accidents there at the current ‘T’ junction arrangement and to increase traffic flow via a roundabout, particularly HGVs, onto the A17 towards the crossing point at Boston Road.

I have received a letter via The Rt. Hon. John Hayes MP from Richard Wills, Executive Director for Environment & Economy of Lincolnshire County Council, which states “that an assessment has been carried out to determine whether the provision of a pedestrian crossing at the Boston Road / A17 junction meets the current Lincolnshire County Council criteria. The assessment meets the criteria but at present no funds are available for the provision of new pedestrian crossings.”

The Holbeach West Proposed Residential Development and A17 / A151 Peppermint Junction Scheme seems to be purely interested in new housing and improved transport links for HGVs and has no consideration for existing residents and pedestrians who need to continue crossing the A17 as part of their daily lives. The Council and developers are at risk of just moving one ill-conceived, dangerous and outdated road junction by creating another accident black-spot a bit further down the road at Boston Road.

I am requesting your support to gain the provision and inclusion of a crossing at Boston Road / A17 as part of the Peppermint Junction improvements, before a fatality happens.

The new foodstore will provide 1,655m² of sales floorspace and gross internal area of 2,480m². The store will benefit from 125 free customer parking bays. The existing Shirley store has a sales area of 991m², gross internal area of 1,323m² and 72 parking bays.

The proposed relocation site comprises 3 parcels of land - the former police station, the former council depot and the former Direct Carpets unit on the corner of Villiers Road and Shirley Road. The proposed new contemporary building will be designed with crisp clean lines. The proposed materials palette includes aluminium rainscreen cladding panels set above white textured rendered walls with contrasting pillars and plinth. The shop front will have full height glazing with floor to ceiling windows wrapping around to the entrance lobby and will face directly on to the high street.

The 4 existing trees on the site, 3 of which are protected are proposed for removal, but 15 new semi mature trees will be planted including a tree lined Villiers Road boundary.

There will be a single vehicular access/ egress point on Villiers Road. All plans are available on our website, for which the address is above.

With a larger sales area, back of house areas and car park, the customer experience would be greatly improved, with better stock availability, freshness and a customer W/C.

We encourage you to sign the petition to give us the best chance of obtaining planning consent.

The House was bought by a company to develop the house into offices and housing. However the house has been left in awful state. The house is close to becoming beyond disrepair.

Regrettably fly-tipping incidents have increased in recent days and also complaints about garden fires. Many residents are having to store waste at home, which is made worse by the current lockdown and the spring cleaning season.

Obviously any re-opening of the waste and recycling centres would need to be carefully planned but the County council should be announcing their plans now. Social distancing and highway issues would need consideration. Probably a booking system with timed slots would be needed, but a reduced service at the tip sites would be much better than the current complete closure.

Government guidance is that councils should try to keep Household Waste and Recycling Centres open.

Such a practice is patently opposed to:
i. Principles of equality enshrined in the university own policies.
ii. Principles of global justice in which some nations and currencies carry disproportionate influence over others especially those of the global south in which the majority of the world's population may be found.
iii. Research in areas outside of the EU-US sphere.

BAME and International staff have objected to this practice and raised the matter internally. However the University Finance directorate has so far refused to review the system despite the matter being raised by I-rise (BAME and International staff group) and UCU.
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Sadly, Westminster Council is considering the future of market's home, the Moxon Street/Cramer Street car park, including the possibility that it will be sold off for development.

Local Liberal Democrats campaigned to save the market when Westminster Council last wanted to build on the site, back in 2008. We saved the market's Marylebone home then, we must save it again now.

All governments and councils (national, regional and local) have a duty to limit the negative impacts of Climate Breakdown, and local councils that recognise this should not wait for their national governments to change their policies. It is important for the residents of Worthing and the UK that communities commit to carbon neutrality as quickly as possible.

The consequences of global temperature rising above 1.5°C are so severe that preventing this from happening must be humanity’s number one priority.

Bold climate action can deliver economic benefits in terms of new jobs, economic savings and market opportunities (as well as improved well-being for people in Worthing, the region and worldwide).

A planning application is being prepared, however, we would like to hear your views on our proposals in advance of the submission of the application.

The new store will deliver a number of substantial benefits, including:

• A bespoke design which will create a high quality, contemporary development
making efficient use of the land.
• The creation of up to additional jobs for local residents.
• An extended and improved customer car park.

Lidl is already firmly established as a leading grocery retailer throughout Europe. By offering top quality products and fresh goods at extremely competitive prices, Lidl has been able to build one of the fastest growing retail operations in the country with over 630 stores nationwide.

For more information please visit our website www.clapham.lidl.co.uk.

Student landlords do not pay for the local public services their tenants use because student accommodation is currently exempt from business rates and student households are exempt from council tax. Yet, student landlords have need of the police, fire and other services 365 days a year while their tenants generate much need of local council services, e.g. extra street cleansing, waste management, and environmental health demands (noise abatement and poor housing conditions).

West Lancashire currently loses £1.3million in council tax annually from student accommodation which is exempt from council tax. Presently, the Government provides a grant to cover this loss, at least in part. However, there will be no grant funding by 2020 meaning further reductions in local services. Inevitably, this will mean fewer street sweepers, more litter, and longer waiting times.

Students are a very welcome part of our community and our local economy, but live in concentrated areas of the Borough in densely populated conditions. This has a big impact on services in these parts of the Borough.

Student households should continue to be exempt from council tax, as students are on low (and loaned) incomes.

Student landlords are profit –making businesses, and should pay properly for the demands their business model makes on public services.

Therefore, councils should be given powers to bring student landlords within the scope of business rates in the same way that hotels, self-catering and holiday lets are within the scope of business rates and this petition is to be sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer requesting this change.