Vote for your favourite Mile End project
We have £5000 to spend on local projects in Mile End and would like you to vote for which one is your favourite. We will split the funding across the top 3 projects and voting will close on Xmas Eve at Midday.
In order to vote please click on the link below:
The Planning Inspector has dismissed the planning appeal for the development of flats at the entrance to Tufnell Way off Bergholt Road.
The planning inspector agreed with many of the points we had raised about this development and has therefore dismissed the appeal. There are now no further grounds to move forwards on the rejected application and a new scheme would need to be submitted via a brand new planning application.
We are very pleased that the application has been dismissed on appeal.
Anne Turrell, Dominic Graham, Phil Coleman & Martin Goss
Fords Lane Playground Consultation
Colchester residents are being encouraged to take part in a consultation to help choose the design for a new playground facility to be installed off Fords Lane in Mile End.
We are carrying out the refurbishment of the children’s playground and want local residents to choose the final design.
The existing playground will be replaced with new challenging play equipment which provides an exciting play experience for the local community along with new safety surface and seating.
We are now asking local residents to vote for which design they like best from a shortlist of four different companies.
Please visit www.colchester.gov.uk/fordslane to vote.
The project is funded by Section 106 money (contributions requested from major developers towards community facilities). The consultation will close on Monday 19 September 2016.
The results will be announced during October 2016
We are pleased to say that repairs have been made to the worst parts of Turner Road following escalation by County Cllr Anne Turrell.
The road had some serious issues where repairs were falling apart within weeks and sinking into the road. There has been structural scanning undertaken along the road and it appears there have been some subsiding issues which hopefully the new repairs will take care of.
We will watch closely the latest repairs to the road and how well they perform.
Anne Turrell, Phil Coleman, Dominic Graham & Martin Goss
Roads update
County Councillor Anne Turrell has escalated the disgraceful state of Bergholt Road (which potentially will get some resurfacing in 2017/18), Turner Road (which currently has structural issues Essex County Council are trying to address), Kingswood Road and Mill Road. Bakers Lane is also due to be resurfaced this year.
If you have any road condition concerns, please let us know.
Overgrown bushes
A reminder that bushes and vegetation must be kept cut back to the boundary of your property. There are quite a number of areas where pavements are blocked by overgrown trees and bushes which get reported to Essex County Council (ECC).
ECC if forced to cut back private vegetation can charge costs back to the house owner.
If there are any other issues we can assist with, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Anne Turrell, Phil Coleman, Dominic Graham & Martin Goss
Mile End Team
We recently hosted a successful meeting for Rosewood residents with Gordon & Co the management company for the development and the developer Crest Nicholson also attended.
Around 50 residents turned up and raised issues which we are ensuring are followed through by Gordon & Co along with Crest Nicholson.
The minutes from the meeting are in the link below:
Martin Goss, Anne Turrell, Dominic Graham & Phil Coleman
We wanted to thank you for the overwhelming support in the recent local elections. Martin Goss, Phil Coleman & Dominic Graham were all successfully elected to represent Mile End on Colchester Council.
The results were
Martin Goss 1666
Phil Coleman 1375
Dominic Graham 1344
The Tory vote collapsed and their votes were 731, 543 and 525.
Martin Goss said “The results were very humbling and we want to sincerely thank everyone who showed their overwhelming support for the team.”
Colchester Council is currently running a consultation to look at potential improvements you may wish to see made to the current waste and recycling collections across Colchester. In order to respond to the survey online please use the link below:
www.colchester.gov.uk/recyclingsurvey
Dominic Graham said “I urge all residents to visit the website and take part in this survey, to ensure we can help shape the future service to be even more effective”.
If there are any other issues you wish to raise with us, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Regards
Martin Goss, Dominic Graham, Phil Coleman & Anne Turrell