A question often asked of councillors is what is Council Tax actually spent on, a fair question which deserves a fair answer! Just taking anannual net revenue budget of £163m, 63% is spent on Education and Social Care, areas where we are legally obliged to provide services.
Read more →At last year’s EU Referendum, Havering was recognised as one of the country’s biggest ‘leavers’. But how did the vote go in your part of Havering? Heaton was the biggest ‘leaver’ with 79% of the vote, followed by Havering Park (77.1%), South Hornchurch (76.1%) and Gooshays (75.9%). The biggest stayers, although a long
Read more →Not really a secret, but on most automated pedestrian crossings a spinning cone can now be found underneath the push button panel. It’s there for those people who can’t see the lights, like visually impaired or blind people, so when the green man lights up to show
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While on the subject of Telephone Boxes, did you know that the telephone box outside Clockhouse Gardens, St Mary’s Lane, is actually a Grade II listed building? The kiosk is an unusual K6 type telephone box which was designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. If you
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A large piece of Green Belt land in Cranham has finally been bought by the Council to provide an informal recreational open space while providing additional protection from any potential development. The substantial plot of land spans some 29 acres (11.7 hectares) and is flanked by Moor Lane
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The Council has now published the Local Plan Direction of Travel [click here to view] which provides an update on the progress of the Local Plan and Green Belt along with the timeframe for its delivery. It also sets out further details on the emerging vision, objectives and
Read more →Further to our articles in the Bulletin on the introduction of additional parking measures in Upminster Ward, i.e. south of Upminster station, and following the ‘informal consultations’ during the summer, which had a huge response, the Highways Advisory Committee in November, agreed to conduct the formal consultation
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Local historian, Tony Benton, looks back at Upminster during the Great War of 1914-1918. From the volunteers who fought in the war, and the ones who sacrificed their lives, to the terror of daylight air raids. Click HERE to find out much more about life in Upminster
Read more →A number of residents will have received a letter from Carebase regarding proposals for a 70-bed Residential Care Home together with a 32 bed Brain Injury home on the vacant site in St. Mary’s Lane next to Coopers School playing fields (adjacent to Eaton Road). The company are
Read more →Did you work in Ford Dagenham between 1968-1984 and have a story to tell about Ford’s women workers? It might be a story about your mum, sister, wife or friend – whatever the connection, we want to hear from you. You may be a woman who only
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