Turner Rise Mcdonalds

21st July 2021DevelopmentAnne Turrell, Colchester Council, David King, Development, Essex County Council, Martin Goss, Myland, North Station, Phil Coleman, Turner RoadMartin Goss

The Turner Rise Mcdonalds planning application was recently approved by the Planning Committee at Colchester Council.

We spoke against the plan on various grounds including transport and the
impact it would have on the area at peak times. Unfortunately Tory controlled
Essex County Council signed off the traffic assessment submitted with the
application which included traffic modelling for a Retail Park in Croydon!

Dunelm Mill also objected at the last minute citing the Retail Park in Croydon
where they also have a store was smaller than Turner Rise and the Mcdonalds
store they were comparing it too was also smaller!

The store will be built and open in 2022.

Now the store is approved we need to ensure the impact on the area including extra litter is minimised.

Election results in Mile End & Highwoods – a big thank you!

27th May 2021UncategorisedAnne Turrell, Braiswick, Colchester, Colchester Council, David King, Elections, Essex County Council, Martin Goss, North Colchester, Phil Coleman, ResultsMartin Goss

A big thank you Mile End!

The election was held on May 6th and both Martin Goss and David King were successful in their election results.

Mile End for the Colchester Borough Seat was as follows:

Martin Goss (Lib Dem) 1974 (65.5%)
CON 583 (19.3%)
LABOUR 328 (10.8%)
GREEN 139 (4.6%)

Mile End and Highwoods County Council seat was as follows:

David King (Lib Dem) 2221 (39.9%)
CON 1856 (33.3%)
LABOUR 946 (17.0%)
GREEN 387 ( 7.0%)
REFORM UK 162 ( 2.9%)

Thank you to everyone with a heartfelt thanks from Martin and David who voted to elect us to carry on the great work in Mile End and Highwoods along with Cllr Phil Coleman.

A huge thanks also to Anne Turrell who retired from being County Councillor with nearly 20 years service!

She will still be helping the team in the background.

Vandalised tree outside 114 Mile End Road

13th April 2021Community fundingAnne Turrell, David King, Martin Goss, Mile End, Mile End Lib Dems, Mile End Road, MylandMartin Goss

The tree outside 114 Mile End Road was vandalised some months ago. We are pleased to say that the tree has now been replaced.

This was kindly funded by Myland Community Council as part of their “greening the parish” initiative.

Vandalism of any kind is totally unacceptable but we are pleased this tree is now replaced.

Braiswick Lane parking

13th April 2021HighwaysAnne Turrell, Braiswick Lane, David King, Martin Goss, Mile End, North Colchester, Parking, Phil Coleman, SafetyMartin Goss

We wrote to all residents in the area about removing one parking space on Nayland Road where visibility is poor coming out of Braiswick Lane.

We delivered the letter in August 2020 but little response was forthcoming from the public at the time as we need around 80% of residents in the area to be in favour.

If you would like to comment please email u2us@mileendlibdems.org with your views.

Mcdonalds planning application at Turner Rise

4th February 2021UncategorisedAnne Turrell, Colchester, Colchester Council, David King, Martin Goss, Mcdonalds, Myland, North Station, Northern Approach Road, Phil Coleman, Planning application, Turner RiseMartin Goss

Some of you may already be aware that McDonalds have put in a planning
application for a new restaurant building at the Turner Rise Retail Park.
The new building will be next to Go Outdoors and next to Pizza hut.

The car park is 390 spaces and only 4 additional spaces will be added. There
will also be changes to the rear access road to the park to allow for a set
of drive through lanes to be created. The application has received a high level
of objections from residents with the most major concern being extra traffic
in an already highly congested area at peak times.

Martin Goss has “called in” the application so it must go through the highest
level of possible planning scrutiny and the ultimate decision will fall to the planning committee.

We have also made sure Essex County Council are aware of concerns
regarding this application as well as all Mile End Councillors objecting to it.

All change at North Station

7th December 2020HighwaysAnne Turrell, Bergholt Road, Braiswick, Colchester Council, David King, Essex County Council, Martin Goss, Myland, North Station, Phil ColemanMartin Goss

You will no doubt have seen the measures put in place by Essex County Council funded by Government to give cycling and walking more prominence at North Station, Essex Hall Road, North Station Road and the town centre.

As traffic levels returned to normal these did start to cause congestion issues. Essex County Council listened to our collective local feedback and removed some measures on North Station Road and Essex Hall Roundabout. The bus lane and one traffic lane at North Station heading South was left in place.

This caused major congestion and meant traffic took up to an hour to leave Asda. Following complaints Martin Goss and David King met with a Senior Highway officer onsite as well as a member of the Colchester Cycling group. Between us a solution was agreed, the closed traffic lane was fully reinstated, and improvements made to the cycle lane. Traffic congestion issues were greatly reduced as a result of our collective intervention.

£300 reward to catch the graffiti bandit

12th November 2020UncategorisedAnne Turrell, Bergholt Road, Colchester, Colchester Council, David King, Graffiti, Martin Goss, Mile End, Myland, Neighbourhood team, North Colchester, North Station, Northfields, Phil Coleman, Turner Road, Zone teamMartin Goss

You may have seen some of the graffiti around Mile End on Turner Rise, Turner Road and North Station where around 26 different incidents of graffiti were recorded on various bus shelters, fences, houses and bins.

Most of this has now been cleaned up but wastes taxpayers money in having to carry out such an extension clean-up when resources could be spent on more valuable community projects.

Cllr’s Martin Goss and David King have offered a £200 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of the culprit. A local resident has also offered a further £100 bringing the total to £300.

If you know anything please get in touch with absolute confidence by calling Martin Goss on 07912 396335 or email Martin@MartinGoss.org.uk

Cleaning up graffiti and litter in Mile End

30th October 2020LitterpickAnne Turrell, Bergholt Road, Braiswick, Braiswick Academy, Chesterwell, Colchester, David King, Martin Goss, Mile End, Myland, North Colchester, North Station, Northfields, Phil Coleman, Zone teamMartin Goss

Martin Goss carries a graffiti cleaning kit in his car so when local graffiti is easy
enough to remove with graffiti wipes he will jump into action to clean up our area quickly.

Martin said “It is proven if we remove graffiti within hours of it being sprayed it can be demotivating to the “tagger.” If it gets left it is considered a badge of honour and gives the “artist” something to brag about.

If you see it, please report via www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling or contact any
member of the team.”

Mill Road traffic calming

30th September 2020Highways20 mph, Anne Turrell, David King, Martin Goss, Mile End, Mile End Lib Dems, Mill Road, Myland, North Colchester, Phil ColemanMartin Goss

We are still chasing Essex County Council to see what other suggestions they have for traffic calming on Mill Road. Currently a temporary one year 20 MPH speed limit is being considered for the stretch of road from Brinkley Grove Roundabout all the way to the Northern Approach Road junction. We will keep you updated on progress.

Our litter heroes

19th August 2020UncategorisedAnne Turrell, Colchester, Colchester Council, David King, Martin Goss, Mile End Lib Dems, Mile End Road, Mill Road, Myland School, North Colchester, Northern Approach Road, Northfields, Phil Coleman, Tufnell Way, Turner Road, Zone teamMartin Goss

During lockdown and more recently there has been issues over the increase in litter being dropped around the ward. Dropping litter is an offence and can incur a Fixed Penalty Notice of £100. We have requested fines are increased to £150.

Our thanks to our Neighbourhoods team and all those residents who have undertaken litter picks or picked up litter on their walks.

Also thanks to our existing and new Litter Warriors who have volunteered to do regular litter picks. If you or your family would like to become Litter Warriors please let one of us know and we will provide you with the equipment.