Archive for the “Tower Hill” category

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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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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Tower Court pothole

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on March 28, 2013

There’s a huge pothold at the entrance to Tower Court in Tower Hill.  I have made Brentwood Council aware and they are just waiting for a quote.  Hopefully it will be proceeding with repairs soon.

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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Are there millionaires on our housing waiting list?

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on February 7, 2013

  Well, thanks to a little scrutiny from me the other night, we now know that we just don’t know!  A straight question to an officer saw me ask if we had any demographic or situational information on Brentwood’s housing waiting (…)

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This is the video clip Brentwood Tories SHOULD have tried to hide!

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on February 3, 2013

PRICELESS – WATCH HERE FROM 1.45 TO SEE TORY DEPUTY LEADER CLLR ROGER HIRST STUMPED! After Thursday’s censorship by Brentwood Council and their decision not to allow you to watch the Tories storm out of a meeting, I watched in (…)

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Tory Priorities: All wrong and housing waiting lists suffer

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on January 23, 2013

I recently blogged about the key Conservative party priority in Brentwood – a clean green borough and I have argued that this, although important, was not the key priority. I didn’t expect this to come home to roost quite so (…)

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William Hunter Way: is it all over?

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on November 28, 2012

Monday saw the return of the William Hunter Way cinema development debate to full council. A quick recap of the story so far: For starters, let’s be clear that the Lib Dems are keen for a cinema for Brentwood and (…)

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Planning alerts w.e. 3 November 2012

by Cllr Karen Chilvers on November 4, 2012

In #Brentwoodwest this week there is an application in High Street at the corner of Westbury Road 134 High Street - CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE TO NON-RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION (NURSERY) D1: Recommended for refusal. If you have (…)

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