At the AGM last night Stockton Liberal Democrats unanimously elected Jeremy Atkinson to serve as President, Mike Cherrett as Chairman, John Fletcher as vice-chairman, Colin Pollard as Treasurer and Alan Judge as Membership Secretary.
By the narrowest possible margin - the chairman's casting vote - SBC planning committee decided that 13/15 Station Road was an acceptable development. Despite the fact that the roof height is 1.2metres above that which was granted planning permission the decision was taken to follow the officer's recommendation and not pursue enforcement.
Today Suzanne Fletcher celebrates the 25th anniversary of her election to Stockton Council. On November 12th 1981 she drove a thin orange wedge into the red/blue comfort zone of Stockton Town Hall, winning the Elm Tree ward by-election.
The new owners of the Eaglescliffe Logistics Centre (formerly the MOD site) have renamed their site "Allens West" after the nearby railway station.
We have long campaigned for an end of speeding fines not being able to be spent on local traffic calming and road safety education schemes. There is now a move to make it easier for this money to be spent locally on what is needed.
On October 9th Eaglescliffe councillors and residents received the decision of the planning inspector on the McCarthy & Stone applications to build on the site of Glenrea and the Bungalow in The Avenue. The inspector has allowed both appeals, dismissing all the arguments about probable traffic problems, road safety, the character of the area and the excessive size of the building which were put so eloquently by local residents as well as your councillors.
