The City Council's Cabinet is next week (7 Feb) to decide on plans to expand Gilmour Infants school and Gilmour Junior school in L19.
The paperwork for the meeting is at this link.
Friday, 31 January 2014
Parklands school in Speke to close?
Liverpool City Council has started a consultation on whether or not to close Parklands High School in Speke.
If the school does close this year, pupils will be directed to the Enterprise South Liverpool Academy.
It would mean no secondary school provision in the Speke area.
The consultation runs until late Feb. You can see the details at this link.
It's certainly true that the number of secondary school pupils is down at the moment nationally. However the need to expand primary provision implies that there will be demand for secondary places in future.
If the school does close this year, pupils will be directed to the Enterprise South Liverpool Academy.
It would mean no secondary school provision in the Speke area.
The consultation runs until late Feb. You can see the details at this link.
It's certainly true that the number of secondary school pupils is down at the moment nationally. However the need to expand primary provision implies that there will be demand for secondary places in future.
Sunday, 26 January 2014
How to comment on the bus lane experiment
Back in October Liverpool's Mayor decided that we shouldn't have bus lanes in Liverpool.
Or rather he announced a nine month experiment during which the bus lanes would be suspended and the Council would see if that made things better or worse.
At the time there was quite a bit of controversy - not least because it became clear that the Council had no real data on traffic movement and passenger numbers in bus lane areas.
The Council however said that it was a real experiment and there was a consultation to get feedback on whether the suspension of bus lanes was a good or bad idea.
So you'd expect it to be very obvious how to comment on this.
Err no!
The Council has a section on its website for on going consultations. It also has a news section at the very front. Neither of these highlight this opportunity, and in fact the "consultation page" doesn't mention it at all.
If you do have points to make about bus lanes however, you can do so by either writing in or sending an e mail by the deadline in April. You might want to talk about the effects in a particular area or about the lanes overall. Here are the contact details
The deadline is 28 April.
By Post to:- Jeanette McLoughlin, City Solicitor, Legal Services, Municipal Buildings, Dale Street, Liverpool L2 2DH
By email to:- Legal.Planning@liverpool.gov.uk
Please quote reference LS/P&EU/NRB/ETRO 8087B/TM 3149/2052.1268 in all correspondence.
Or rather he announced a nine month experiment during which the bus lanes would be suspended and the Council would see if that made things better or worse.
At the time there was quite a bit of controversy - not least because it became clear that the Council had no real data on traffic movement and passenger numbers in bus lane areas.
The Council however said that it was a real experiment and there was a consultation to get feedback on whether the suspension of bus lanes was a good or bad idea.
So you'd expect it to be very obvious how to comment on this.
Err no!
The Council has a section on its website for on going consultations. It also has a news section at the very front. Neither of these highlight this opportunity, and in fact the "consultation page" doesn't mention it at all.
If you do have points to make about bus lanes however, you can do so by either writing in or sending an e mail by the deadline in April. You might want to talk about the effects in a particular area or about the lanes overall. Here are the contact details
The deadline is 28 April.
By Post to:- Jeanette McLoughlin, City Solicitor, Legal Services, Municipal Buildings, Dale Street, Liverpool L2 2DH
By email to:- Legal.Planning@liverpool.gov.uk
Please quote reference LS/P&EU/NRB/ETRO 8087B/TM 3149/2052.1268 in all correspondence.
Friday, 24 January 2014
Gilmour school(s) expansion update
I blogged a while ago about a proposal to expand Gilmour Infants and Gilmour Junior Schools both in L19.
There was a consultation, involving parents, teachers, community members and so on. As a governor of the infants I sent in comments myself.
The decision is due to be taken by the Council's cabinet on 7th February. A bit nearer the time there'll be a report and paperwork for the meeting which will be on line. The latest outline details however have just been published and you can see them at this link.
I'll post the link to the Cabinet materials when I have them.
There was a consultation, involving parents, teachers, community members and so on. As a governor of the infants I sent in comments myself.
The decision is due to be taken by the Council's cabinet on 7th February. A bit nearer the time there'll be a report and paperwork for the meeting which will be on line. The latest outline details however have just been published and you can see them at this link.
I'll post the link to the Cabinet materials when I have them.
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Garston Old Road - off licence up date
The licensing committee is due to make a decision next month (5th Feb) on the application to increase the hours alcohol is sold from the convenience store at 81 Garston Old Road. This is the one on the corner by the part at which Garston Old Road joins Darby Road.
My colleague Richard Oglethorpe wrote to local people recently to let them know about the application.
Information about what's planned and about the meeting is at this link.
My colleague Richard Oglethorpe wrote to local people recently to let them know about the application.
Information about what's planned and about the meeting is at this link.
Monday, 20 January 2014
New housing development in Speke planned.
The Council's planning committee will next week (28th Jan) decide on a plan to build houses, and a couple of shop units, at the Crescent in Speke (this is by Speke Town Lane)
The agenda and report are at this link (you need to scroll down a bit)
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Residents' association meeting reminder
The next meeting of the Beechwood Road/Grassendale Road area residents association is next week (Tuesday 21st).
If you live in the area you are very welcome to come along. If you've had a letter or a note through your door about the association (either about this meeting or the last one), your street is definitely included.
We've set up an e mail group to send out notifications etc for our meetings so do let me know if you want your name added to this.
You can e mail me at paulakeaveney@yahoo.co.uk. Feel free to e mail with any queries too.
If you live in the area you are very welcome to come along. If you've had a letter or a note through your door about the association (either about this meeting or the last one), your street is definitely included.
We've set up an e mail group to send out notifications etc for our meetings so do let me know if you want your name added to this.
You can e mail me at paulakeaveney@yahoo.co.uk. Feel free to e mail with any queries too.
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