OLD POST OFFICE PARKING RESTRICTIONS HAVE OUTSTAYED THEIR WELCOME

A number of Quarmby Residents feel they have been unfairly fined by the council for parking up outside an old post office on their street.  The Quarmby PO (on Quarmby Road) closed around two years ago but the waiting restrictions (no return in 60 mins) that had been put in place to allow people to use the PO have not been removed despite the building have been turned into a residential property.

Cllr Cahal Burke has repeated resident’s calls for the waiting restrictions to be removed and is now waiting for the council’s reply:

Cllr Burke said:

“The Post Office has been closed for a long time now and the reasons for the parking restrictions went with it as far as I’m concerned.  The Parking Wardens are just doing their job, no one should have a gripe with them, but the council should have dealt with this earlier.  I will be making sure something is done.”

Cllr Cahal Burke

Cllr Cahal Burke: 'Parking restrictions must go'

NO TO LINDLEY MOOR DEVELOPMENT

The three Lib Dem Members representing Lindley Ward have said they will oppose plans to to build housing and an industrial complex at Lindley Moor.

Cllrs Tony Woodhead, Cahal Burke and Christine Stanfield have said that

  • The housing development would bring unacceptable levels of air and noise pollution
  • The numbers of jobs promised by the proposed data campus are not high enough to justify  development

Spawforths, an independent planning consultancy offering planning, architecture and urbanism began their pre-planning consultation on behalf of Miller Homes on Wednesday 16th February at Lindley Methodist Church Centre.

Lindley Moor is a cherished piece of local green space which is quickly diminishing in our area.  300 homes would bring somewhere between 300 and 900 extra cars to the area and its roads which are already very busy bringing with it unacceptable increases in noise and air pollution which are sound planning grounds for refusal.

Cllr Cahal Burke said:

“We’re not against homes being built in Kirklees or indeed our ward but we think there are other areas in the borough that could be used ahead of this one.  I am of the view it is the wrong time and the wrong place for a development like this.”

Cllr Cahal Burke at Lindley Moor

Cllr Cahal Burke at Lindley Moor

LINDLEY MOOR CONSULTATION EXHIBITION

The local community are invited to attend a drop in consultation on Wednesday 16th February from 3pm to 8pm at Lindley Methodist Church Centre. Spawforths are currently producing masterplan proposals for residential units on the outskirts of Huddersfield close to the M62. The proposal forms part of a strategic masterplan for the wider area encompassing 200-300 residential units and approximately 21,000sq ft commercial development.   

You will be able to ask questions, register your interest in future events and leave any comments.  This is the first stage of this consultation and it is Spawforths intention to hold further events as the scheme proposals are developed and become available to view. 

Please come along and give your views and thoughts on the proposal. 

http://www.spawforths.co.uk/urbanism/urbanism-masterplanning/mixed-use-masterplan-lindley-moor-huddersfield

     Please come along and have your say! 

Please e-mail me with your thoughts and views, many have done so already, thank you.

RESIDENTS’ SURGERY

Lindley Ward Councillor Cahal Burke and Sgt Simon Short of Lindley Neighbourhood Policing Team will be joining forces when they hold a residents surgery together at Salendine Nook Shopping Centre.  

The new joint surgery will take place on the second Saturday of each month between 11am and 12 noon.

DATES:

12TH FEBRUARY 2011, 12TH MARCH 2011, 9TH APRIL 2011, 14TH MAY 2011, 11TH JUNE 2011, 9TH JULY 2011, 13TH AUGUST 2011, 10TH SEPTEMBER 2011, 8TH OCTOBER 2011, 12TH NOVEMBER 2011, 10TH DECEMBER 2011

             Cllr Cahal Burke and Sgt Simon Short new surgery At Salendine Nook Shopping Centre

               Next Surgery  Saturday 12th February

A PLAN FOR JOBS AND HOMES – CORE STRATEGY CONSULTATION

The government has asked each local authority to produce a comprehensive plan called the Local Development Framework, which sets out how much development there should be over the next 18 years, and where it should go.

If we don’t plan how many homes and jobs we need, and where we should make land available, we face the risk of uncontrolled development happening throughout the district. And, if we don’t have a plan which shows where we will allow development in the future, when people apply for planning permission in areas we want to protect, the council will find it very difficult to turn down these applications. 

Consultation period now extended to 13th February 2011 

You can get involved, by commenting on-line at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobsandhomes  

You can write: Local Development Framework, Strategic Investment Service, PO Box B93, Civic Centre 3, Huddersfield, HD1 2JR  

Or email: local.development@kirklees.gov.uk

 Cllr Burke urges residents to get involved and have their say on the Local Development Framework.

HIGHWAYS SCHEME FUNDED TO TACKLE PARKING PROBLEM OUTSIDE SAINSBURY’S STORE

Lindley Ward Councillors have funded a highways scheme to regulate parking outside a sheltered housing complex and supermarket.  £7,000 was allocated by the councillors at the Huddersfield Town and Valley Committee on Wednesday 27th January 2011.

 

The scheme, as presented to the committee, will tackle parking problems caused by the inconsiderate parking of customers and staff at the local Sainsbury’s store which opened on Laund Road in 2009.

 

Councillors were contacted by residents with complaints that customers were parking up on the pavements and obstructing parking outside their homes.  Also, that the problem was being exacerbated by staff who were parking on Laund Road for long periods.  According to the report put to the committee, Sainsbury’s management took action to get staff to park elsewhere but further observations indicate that problems continue to persist, especially at peak traffic times and on Saturdays and Sundays when parking in the stores car park is at a premium.

 

The scheme will involve the implementation of a traffic regulation order to prevent parking on stretches of Laund Road and Moor Hill Road entirely while there will also be a small designated parking area on Laund Road which will allow motorists to stop for a short period.  There will be extensive road marking & signing.

 

Cllr Cahal Burke said:

“We were approached by a number of residents living in the area and at the sheltered housing complex complaining that people were parking up on pavements, blocking driveways and potentially blocking access for emergency and other services.  Cllr Woodhead and I raised this with highways and this scheme has been designed to resolve the issues outside the supermarket.” 

Cllr Tony Woodhead said:

“I am certain that the residents will be glad to see we’ve done something positive to change how things are. We’ll be keeping an eye on how things progress once the scheme is in place.”

 

        Cllr Cahal Burke at Laund Road and Moor Hill Road Salendine Nook.

BUS USERS’ GROUP

There will be a Bus Users’ Surgery on Thursday 27th January at Huddersfield Bus Station.

This will take place from 10am – 3:30pm.There will be representatives from local bus companies and Council officers will be available all day to provide information, discuss your problems and listen to your suggestions about local bus services. 

 ·         Frist West Yorkshire

·         Arriva Yorkshire

·         Huddersfield Bus Company

 ·         Metro 

Please come along and have your say.

Cllr Cahal Burke welcomes the Bus Users’ Surgery at Huddersfield Bus Station and encourages all residents to attend and have their say.

NO COLD CALLING ZONE

As you are probably aware, we have spent quite a lot of money from our Area Committee Budget, making Lindley a “No Cold Calling Zone”.  This was done both at the request of some residents and with the approval of the Police to try to cut down on bogus callers. Burglaries frequently take place when residents are talking to some one at the front door while another person enters by the back door and makes off with anything of value that they can grab. However I am being told by residents that people are still cold calling; offering products and services quite regardless of the signs in people’s houses, this practice is prohibited in Lindley. 

My advice is that if people come to your door offering services unsolicited, that you ask them for a Business Card and if none is offered, tell them that this is a No Cold Calling Zone and you will inform Trading Standards.  If a business card is obtained, then you can either call the Council’s Community Safety Officer on 01484 226931 or ring Trading Standards direct on 08454 040506.

                        Cllr Cahal Burke - Lindley is a No Cold Calling Zone

IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PUFFIN CROSSING ON NEW HEY ROAD AT SALENDINE NOOK

I am pleased to inform you that the Puffin crossing on New Hey Road (near Raw Nook Road) is to be improved. The underground ducting will be repaired and the crossing will have new traffic lights and poles. We will also replace the red ‘tactile’ paving to help blind and partially sighted people, and we’ll resurface the road including the red crossing area.

The work is expected to start on 17 January 2011 and will take about two weeks to complete. The work may be delayed if we have more severe winter weather over the next few weeks.

Please make sure that any vehicles belonging to you or your visitors are parked away from the road between 9.00am and 3.30pm whilst work is ongoing. This is because access to the street will be limited.

If you have any questions about the work, please contact Graham Garside on: 01484 222300 or email: graham.garside@kirklees.gov.uk. If you need to make contact outside office hours, please ring Streetscene and Housing on: 0800 731 8765.

Cllr Cahal Burke welcomes the improvements to the Puffin crossing on New Hey Road at Salendine Nook.Cllr Cahal Burke welcomes the improvements to the Puffin crossing on New Hey Road at Salendine Nook.

COUNCILLORS AND POLICE JOIN FORCES

Lindley Ward Councillors are joining forces with Sgt Simon Short of Lindley Neighbourhood Policing Team to hold a monthly residents surgery together at Salendine Nook Shopping Centre starting this Saturday.

 

   Cllr Burke, Sgt Short and Cllr Woodhead at Salendine Nook Shopping Centre.

 

The new joint surgery will take place on the second Saturday of each month, between 11am and 12 noon at the popular local shopping centre.

 

The three Lindley Lib Dems – Cllr Woodhead, Cllr Burke and Cllr Stanfield – hold surgeries throughout the month at different venues across Lindley ward, but this is the first to be held jointly with the police.

About the new venture, Cllr Cahal Burke said:

“I am really pleased to be joining up with the Neighbourhood Policing Team and Sgt Short to hold this surgery together.  It makes a great deal of commonsense.  The issues people approach me with often need me to get in touch with the police; so having us both there mean’s we will be able to get on addressing the issues people have straight away and hopefully get them sorted quicker.  People will also benefit from getting information from the council’s angle as well as from that of the police at the same time.  I could see it working really well and anticipate being kept busy.” 

Sgt Short said 

”We work in partnership with the council on many community issues so it makes sense that we should provide the public with an opportunity to speak to us together about the issues that matter to them the most”