Archive for the “Cllr Karen Chilvers” category

Post box update

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on June 5, 2013

Trying to get things for the community these days is like pushing treacle up hill! Remember I asked Royal Mail to see if we could get an extra postbox to cover Rollason Way and the hundreds of new properties. A (…)

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Scrutinising Again

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on May 19, 2013

Now Annual Council has been held, I can announce that I have been appointed as the Chair of Brentwood Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee. This is the committee that, as the name suggests, scrutinises what the council does.  Last year (…)

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Brentwood Housing Survey

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on May 16, 2013

So, there is going to be a Housing Survey – don’t miss your chance to tell the council what you think.  This is important and there’s a short window for responses! From the Council’s website: More than 5,000 Brentwood residents (…)

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#ChilversChase

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on May 13, 2013

Regular viewers of ITV’s “The Chase” probably got a bit of a shock tonight when I popped up as a contestant!  I know a friend of mine, Cllr Daisy Benson, got a bit of a shock in Reading at the gym (…)

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Where’s my polling station?

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on May 1, 2013

So, it’s nearly time to vote! If you don’t know where to vote on Thursday 2nd May, here’s my guide: There are four polling stations in Brentwood West (Brentwood South County Division), they will be on your polling card, but (…)

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Parking – simples?

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on April 22, 2013

I still recall those heady days when Brenwood Council was in charge of its own destiny, when we could get things done for residents without playing dodge the pothole, when we had some sort of control over our parking. It’s (…)

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#BrentwoofWest matters

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on April 21, 2013

Please help save a DOG! A new d-log from Louis #BrentwoodWest dog Good people of #BrentwoofWest or #BrentwoodWest if you is human! There’s a much more important update to read aside from all that political parking stuff! This is my (…)

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Rollason Way and the enlightening parking meeting

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on April 21, 2013

The unbelievable lack of parking is now coming home to roost on the Tories’ shoulders like an Angry Great Eagle and they are now starting to see what they have created here.  Am  I allowed to say “I told you (…)

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A GREAT #BRENTWOODWEST MAKEOVER

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on March 26, 2013

Today, I am really proud of what we have been able to achieve, working together with ward colleague Cllr Will Russell, for everyone in #BrentwoodWest to enjoy. This is what we have done to make a difference:   We did (…)

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More on the disabled car parking spaces

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on February 26, 2013

No comment, due to being on planning, but you might be interested to read the comments from my colleague Cllr James Sapwell on this issue.