I along with the other two Knaphill Councillors was asked a list of questions by the Knaphill Residents Association (KRA) following an article in the local press about the Council meeting where the proposals for the land at Brookwood Farm were discussed.  It is my understanding that the Knaphill Residents Association will be using the […]

On Tuesday 11th January 2011, I attended a meeting of the Woking Cycle Forum. The minutes of the meeting are available here: Woking Cycle Forum minutes January 2011. Highlights of the meeting include: Following the vote of the Woking Borough Council – Surrey County Council Local Committee to remove the island known as Fishwick Island, funding is being sought […]

In early December I contacted Councillor John Kingsbury, leader of Woking Borough Council, to request that should Liu Xiao Bo remain in prison in China following his award of the Nobel Peace Prize on the 10th December, Woking Borough Council lower the Woking Standard to half mast on the 28th December, Liu Xiao Bo’s birthday.  […]

At the Full Council meeting of Woking Borough Council on Thursday 9th December 2010, the fees and charges for next year were agreed.  These were recommended to Council by the Conservative Executive. The decision by the Conservative Executive to reject the recommendation by Lib-dem members of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to keep the 30 […]

My earlier posts about off street car parking charges are now slightly out of date as these proposals have now been noted by the executive and will be considered for the next municipal year.  It is a little disappointing that we do not know the outcome of this process yet, but I am glad that […]

Unadopted roads are roads that are currently treated by the council as private roads, but are intended to be roads maintained by the council once they are completed.  Some roads in Woking have been waiting ten years to be adopted. One of the things that I find most frustrating as a Councillor is residents paying […]

I recently received the message below from the Neighbourhood Police teams in Woking.  I think it is important to share this as burglary could become a problem if we do not continue to be vigilant. *********************************************************************************** Due to a recent spate of Burglaries in the Knaphill, St Johns and Horsell areas the Neighbourhood Teams are […]

As part of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s work on town centre car park parking charges, I visited the blue car park in the Peacocks Centre Sunday afternoon (8th August 2010) to ask visitors to the car park to complete a survey on car park charges.  There were many interesting answers, some of which I […]

On walking over the bridge that runs between Lockfield Drive and the Brewery Road car park recently, I noticed that one of the planks of wood forming the platform of the bridge looked as if it was soon to have quite a significant sized hole in it, if a small piece of wood was to […]

It is not uncommon at the moment to hear people talking about a hung parliament, especially as it is the most likely outcome of this election.  One of the most common arguments against a hung parliament is the idea that a coalition government might be formed and that the minority party in the coalition may […]