Lib Dem Cllr Karen Chilvers has welcomed the news that Brentwood Rail station improvements are due to start in the next ten days and reacted angrily to a Tory campaign that is attempting to take the credit for the work of the Brentwood Bus & Rail Users Association just days before the long-campaigned for improvement works are due to start.
In response to Brentwood Leisure Trust's application for an alcohol license at Merrymeade House, Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood North's Liberal Democrat councillors have met with residents of Merrymeade House, Brentwood Place, Burland Road and Highland Avenue to discuss their concerns and involve them in the Council's licensing process.
Brentwood West's Liberal Democrat councillors have referred an application for eleven dwellings and two retail units in Fairfield Road to the Planning Committee for further consideration.
Pilgrims Hatch's Liberal Democrat councillors are very disappointed by the councils lack of action regarding a structural review of Sheltered housing stock.
Liberal Democrat Councillors in Brentwood North are continuing to fight for their residents by referring the latest application from Formula One Autocentres, at the junction of Ongar Road and Burland Road, to November's planning committee to be debated in public by councillors.
Encouraging news was received by Cllr Karen Chilvers and Cllr David Kendall at their visit to the Highways Agency in Bedford last week to discuss the increase in noise experienced by those living adjacent to the A12 in the Homesteads. They took the opportunity to present the 100-signature petition and survey responses from local residents in the Homesteads area, which demonstrated the depth of feeling about the increased noise levels they are suffering following the raising of the road six years ago.
October is Black History Month - a chance to celebrate the Black British community, acknowledge their contributions and discover their stories.
Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton
Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.
