Liberal Democrats group leader David Kendall said: "Many residents will be very disappointed when they already have to face increased mortgages and utility bills."The Conservatives also said the county partnership would bring substantial savings and nothing has been delivered in the budget."
A Planned £33million residential home for 109 pensioners has been described as "overwhelming".
Planning permission for a four-storey care home for up to 109 elderly residents is set to be built in London Road on a site currently occupied by just four houses. Sunrise Senior Living, a US company who will be charging a minimum of £700 per room per week, now aims to open the home within the next 2 years.
A Row has broken out amidst claims that a community centre is being deliberately run down.
Brentwood Liberal Democrats have discovered that bookings for Keys Hall, the community facility in Warley earmarked for possible disposal by the Conservative administration running Brentwood Borough Council, are being actively discouraged. Bookings can now only be made three months in advance and there is no longer a working kitchen.
The cloud of gloom hanging over Brentwood following the loss of the Olympic mountain biking event could be chased away by hopes of an athletics track.
