Come along and see some of our stalls. Doors open at 10 am for buyers. Hope to see you there.

Well I will be the first to put up my hand and say that BB have done a fantastic job of clearing the overgrown bushes in Glastonbury Close once and for all.

I spoke with the guys doing the work just before 8am on Friday morning and after a chat they agreed that just a trim was obviously not going to be enough and if you going to do a job at least do it right! This teams whole attitude was spot on to be fair and now we can see around the corner again. 

I believe in giving credit where credit is due and to be honest I cannot fault these guy's, 100% better than it has been for many years. Thanks must also go to CVP for taking my complaint to BB and getting this job listed.

Well done everyone!

Dear Councillors and Parish Clerks,

Good afternoon 

Please see below an update on work carried out this week in the locality:

Belmont Rural

• Litter Picking : Northolme Road
• Vegetation - Cut Back Hedges: Stanbrook Road
• Hedges/shrubs adjacent to footpath: Northolme Road
• cut back hedges: St Martins Street

Hinton and Hunderton

• Foot way patching 55sq Metre
• Remove dangers concrete light Colom: Charles Witts Avenue

Tupsley

• pot hole : Lichfield Avenue

Some of the matters I have been involved with this week include  :

• Carried out driven statutory inspections
• Enquiries around the locality
• Drop Crossing  application
• Redhill walked inspections
• Parish walk  

If you have anything for me to look at the best ways are to email me or use the council web site addresses below and that will create an enquiry for me to go and investigate.  This means you can plot the issue on the map in the right place.  

Herefordshire Council website is the one-stop-shop for up to date information

Maps and timetables for grass cutting and pot holes are now available on the Council’s website.

Grass Cutting

Potholes

Public Rights of Way

Please feel free to ring or email me at any time and I will be happy to help. Have a lovely weekend.

Many thanks 

Matthew Heeley 

Matthew Heeley

Locality Steward Hereford City South| Balfour Beatty | Services | Living Places

I have just read this article in the HT.

Two of the Country Park Supporters (CPS) volunteers alongside one of the new signs

Photo courtesy Hereford Times

BELMONT Haywood Country Park, bordering the city on the edge of Newton Farm, now has a real presence thanks to a grant from Herefordshire Housing Limited (HHL).

 

Erected in late September by Country Park Supporters (CPS), the park has three signs showing people they are entering the 11 acre site. One points the way from the car park off Waterfield Road, Newton Farm, one is situated on the brow of the hill at Newton Meadows and one is sited off Sycamore/Cedar Avenue by the ancient oak tree below the children's play area and the Belmont Pools.

 

The oak signs, supplied by Herefordshire based Walford Timber Ltd, will now put the park firmly on the map for those people living in the South Wye area and beyond.

 

Phil Edwards, chairman of the CPS said, "The park is now looking good thanks to the work the CPS volunteers do with equipment bought from previous grants, and we have been very lucky again in getting funding from HHL to help promote the park with these signs. A small group of our volunteers worked hard installing the signs so that the park can be identified as the lovely place it is.

 

The signs help give the park 'status' that will encourage people to visit it for enjoyment such as walking, cycling and ball games - as well as helping to promote health and wellbeing by being in the fresh air surrounded by nature. Such an amenity should be celebrated and used by as many people as possible - it has something for people of all ages and abilities and a perfect place for a picnic. People can now see that Newton Farm is not 'just a housing estate' but a community surrounded by beautiful open spaces."

   

The CPS won second place in the Hereford City Council Community Achievement Awards competition in May, plus first place in the Hereford in Bloom (HiB) Community Open Space Project. An oak tree awarded as the prize by the HiB Group will be planted by volunteers on receipt of the tree in October.

 

CPS is always looking for volunteers and funding to help to keep the park tidy. Anyone wishing to join the volunteer group or donate funds should contact the CPS secretary, Bobbie Edwards - 01432 350688/bobbieann@talktalk.net

I see the Council are running a survey on the Markets in Hereford http://newsroom.herefordshire.gov.uk/2015/september/local-views-and-new-traders-wanted-for-hereford%E2%80%99s-outdoor-markets.aspx

Rarely shop at them myself but the streets look to be quite busy whenever I visit on a Weds or a Sat.

Well I have been campaigning for a 'relaxation' in the way hot food licenses have been restricted to no later than 1.30am in Hereford for a long time, but today I have been given some really really encouraging news! 

Fancy a curry after a night out in your local nightclub at 2am? Well now you may be able too...

I have had a very interesting conversation with a good friend of mine and a very reliable source  this afternoon, who informs me that the previous licensing issues with regard to hot food are being relaxed and that positive changes are a foot.

From my understanding, any existing restaurant/pub/club can now apply for a late license and providing they can prove that they will have no impact on CIZ or increase criminal activity because they are staying open later there is a good chance that permission will be granted or rather no objections will come from the police etc..

The applicant may need to apply initially for a Temporary Event Licence in the interim but if after a period of say a few months there is no significant increase in crime, there should be no real reason for the council or police to challenge their application.

I have never understood why some of these food establishments have been prevented from still offering a home delivery service after 1.30 but that's by the by now.

So if you or anyone you knows has a take away, restaurant, pub or club get them to apply for a late licence if they so desire and lets see whats happens.

It would be interesting to see what happens if McDonalds in town re-apply now.

As of today it is unlawful to smoke in a car with anyone under the age of 18 present. 

https://youtu.be/5jB9zSTlvwY

This was posted on our FaceBook page today:

Does anybody know the owner of 29 pixley walk . It was abandoned over 15 years ago and it's left to ruin . It's now a health hazard and a total eyesore on the estate . Also now the gates have blown down its open to children and one of them will be seriously hurt before long . The council don't seem to want to know.

 I am thinking of creating a "Members Only" forum. 

If I decide to go ahead with this after receiving comments from you all, this area would not be accessible to just anyone, unlike the current forums which are accessible to all, even those who are not logged in can read current topics/posts but unless they are logged in then no replies can be given as it stands.

A "Members Only" forum, is only accessible to those members who are logged in. The forum would be in a private area for those people who would like to discuss things more privately and away from search engines and other links. Nothing is 100% of course, so I would have to apply some rules, for example, nothing discussed in this area should not be discussed anywhere else on the forums etc...

I could make it even more secure by only allowing members who use their real identities or who a real person on here can vouch for. 

I can set up any criteria but I would appreciate your thoughts on this idea...

Now I'm cribbing off other sites

 

Tesco Belmont is one of a number of stores that will scrap 24 hour opening after Christmas. 

 

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You will have seen in the HT that the police & UK Border Agency have 'visited' 2 restaurants in the county. This is not new and to get a better understanding of what is being done and what can be done, I'll explain -

All non UK or EU residents have to have the right to stay in a member country and depending on their status the entitlement to work or study.

If they don't they commit offences mainly under the Immigrant Act 2006.

If employed the employer commits a civil offence enforced by the Border Agency with a civil fine of 10k to 20k depending on the status of the employee. Still with me ?

If employed in a licensed premises such as a pub, club, take-away or restaurant, an interested party such as the police can launch a licensing review with the ultimate sanction of the licence being revoked. This has happened locally, but normally the licence will be changed to allow conditions to be attached that ensure all immigrantion checks are done.

If not a licenced premises - some restaurants do not sell alcohol or provide hot food after 11pm, from a licensing stance nothing can be done.

The new Immigrantion Act going through parliament does strengthen the law.

This new act also seeks to tackle landlords who rent out to illegal immigrants. This is on top of tackling others who also employ illegals

Top of the iceberg is some people's view. Perhaps but its a start. If you know if this is happening, instead of moaning or turning a blind eye tell the authorities. As they say, Rome wasn't built in a day so wait and watch if you do show your civil committment and tell someone

Planning applications for two ATM's on the Old Market have been refused

By virtue of their scale and appearance in such a prominent location, the introduction of the two pods containing these ATMs would appear a cumbersome afterthought that would unacceptably detract from the immaculate frontage of the flagship retail destination in Hereford. This is contrary to saved Policies S2 and DR1 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan and part 7 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

I have been monitoring several members on HV for quite sometime following several security alerts I received from the system.

I have with immediate effect suspeneded all new registrations, pending this enquiry.

I have turned off the messenger system to all members with the exception of Councillors, Administrators and Moderators. Once I have gathered all of this information and downloaded all the relevant material, I will turn this messenger system back on. Please bare with me because there is quite a bit of material to go through! 

If anyone has any questions or further information that they would like to share with me, in confidence, please email me direct by clicking here

So do anyone know that the City won gold, do anyone care?

There was a small piece in the Hereford times, a larger piece about someone losing weight

To be honest I am not sure what to think about this Britain in bloom stuff, I like the way the city centre looks, but could we not do this anyway without pampering to some organisation that very few people know anything about?

I understand that in advance of their visit to Hereford Hospital (Wye Valley NHS Trust) which begins on the 22nd and runs through that week the CQC have organised this event at the Assembly Rooms, Hereford Town Hall from 6-8pm.

If you want to vent your support,frustrations or advice on how improvements can be made well here,s your chance.

We are holding a coffee morning at the centre on Saturday 26th September at 10 am. Would love people to come along for tea and cake and provide a donation to Macmillan. Hope to see you there.

Interesting debate taking place on the HT website about councils being asked how they would house Syrian refugees. Perhaps this forum should debate this

I'll start - totally agree each and every country and their various local councils/authorities should provide safe havens and ultimately a new life to those who are genuine refugees - big question is how do you distinguished between genuine cases and others such as economic migrants. Seeing what is happening across Europe I think thankfully we are an island and do have a chance of putting in some control measures/borders but its a major problem of these times and Europe's governments can't cope