4/02985/07/FHA
NEW ROOF ON GARAGE
18 NEPTUNE DRIVE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 5QQ
Comments to the Council welcomed by 09-Jan-2008
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=1497&ID=4/02985/07/FHA

Last Thursday evening (6th Dec) I accompanied PC Aubrey patrolling Highfield in order to check out how the Police serve the area. It  was raining so we spent a lot of time in the car. I was impressed with her dedication to the job and her down to earth attitude. PC Aubrey’s patch includes Adeyfield and St Pauls as well as Highfield. Read the rest of this entry »

4/02851/07/FUL 
CONVERSION OF EXISTING HOUSE INTO TWO SELF-CONTAINED FLATS 
223 JUPITER DRIVE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 5NQ
APPLICATION GRANTED 11th JAN 2008
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=1497&ID=4/02851/07/FUL

Last night I sat on Dacorum Council’s planning committee (Development Control) at which six planning applications from BP and British Pipeline Agency (BPA)  were put before us. I and many other councillors spoke against the storage of petrol on the site especially because we are still waiting for official reports on why the Buncefield explosion happened & the lessons to be learned. 

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At the Dacorum Council meeting today I asked the Tory run council to earmark a proportion of car park revenue to support public transport. They refused. My colleague Cllr Nick Hollinghurst asked if the Council would pay its full share of bus subsidy for late night and rural buses. They refused and resorted to insults against my colleagues.
This goes to show that Tory run Dacorum is more interested in raking money in from the car parks then its commitment to provide alternatives to the car. It also shows that they are willing to put bus services at risk even when for some people it is the only way they can get around town.

On the evening of Tuesday 30^th October Liberal Democrat Cllrs Lloyd Harris and Nick Hollinghurst spoke at the Dacorum Borough Council Cabinet Meeting against plans to remove the first hour free from the Tring and Boxmoor car parks. They also opposed charging in the Borough’s car parks on Sundays and Bank Holidays and proposals to offer parking season tickets in a trial in Tring without any discount. After lengthy discussion the Cabinet agreed to a blanket 20% increase on car parking across the Borough, to retain the first free hour in Tring and Cowper Road, Boxmoor, not to introduce Sunday and Bank Holiday charging and to offer a discount in the season ticket trial in Tring, which the Liberal Democrats hope to be at least 10%.

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Cllr Lloyd Harris and fellow Lib Dem Councillors attended a special meeting to ask the Council to think again and not privatise the council house repairs service.

The Tory majority voted through the decision to go ahead with the privatisation despite concerns raised such as the cost to council tax payers will be greater than using the council’s own team.

 The Liberal Democrats refused to support the Council’s annual accounts because they found out the figures are likely to be challenged by the auditors. Despite potential problems with the figures Labour and the Tories voted the accounts through.

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Elections for Dacorum Borough Council 3rd May 2007

Brenda Link (Lib Dem) 739 ELECTED
Lloyd Harris (Lib Dem) 604 ELECTED

Elio Gomez (Labour) 522
Bert Bannister (Labour) 488
Kevin Minier (Con) 293
Miriam Wiedman-Smith (Con) 237