Frank Smith

I would be very proud Colin, she is very talented, I had a watch of a few of her video's very good

Red tape red tape!! What a nightmare, I am not suprised that fly tipping goes on with these obstacles, surely common sense should play a part here especially as you offered to show them the actual rubbish and it was clearly household waste.

I am a local resident and this idea sounds good. St Francis would be an ideal place to have the hub, but it would need tidying up or refurbishing at the very least.

Kids and fires seem to be popular especially on Friday nights, the NEW Police station could do with being open 24hours from say Friday 5pm - Sunday 4pm this would help!! That Police station has been a complete waste of money as it is hardly open at all!!!

The new pictures added today show that this is not working, which is what Colin James said from day one. I fail to see how Coucillor Edwards has suggested that it's fine and working well too?

That is pathetic, I am sorry but how stupid is the person who authorised this? as you have said, this has been a totally pointless excercise and it has taken 3 years for Amey to come up with this! what a joke.

I have to agree, I often walk along the Great Western Way, and the litter along there is terrible.

I was very pleased to see a great article in this weeks Hereford Times. Colin James has highlighted the problems that many parents face when trying to photograph their children.

Hereford dad wants to end camera bans at school and public events
Hereford Times Article


A HEREFORD father wants to end the bureaucracy he says has left him with no memories of his children to look back on

Colin James, from Belmont, is sick of being told he cannot photograph his children at various school and public events.

Now the father-of-two, who just this month was prevented from filming his teenage daughter in a stage performance, has launched an online petition and Facebook group in protest.

People will frown at you the second you get out your video camera, they look at you like you are some sort of criminal.

Well done Colin good effort
Stand for Councilor in May, you have my vote!

Well this speaks volumes to me

Good call, Colin :Smile_32:

I totally agree!!!

What happened to the days when you would video the school xmas play and other parents would ask you for a copy?

I have noticed that you are not allowed to photograph at the Hereford Pool anymore, why not?? not only sad but as you have said it's pathetic.

Apparently there have been many complains about this sites inaccuracies, site must be very busy and it takes ages to load up, so I will check again later.

Where did you find the Parish Meeting Minutes, I cannot find them on the net.

 

As it would be handy to see what is going on.

I got them from the Belmont Rural website, but I think maybe the admin could start put a copy on here perhaps for our members.

I think it would just be a case of the secretary sending a copy email?

There is a very good website that lists all planning applications and has copies of all supporting documents. www.ukplanning.com can be very useful if you're interested in any particular application or want to track an application's progress and result. You need to search for Herefordshire Council applications and can then search by postcode, partial postcode, address or application number and by searching by partial postcode you can see all the applications in the immediate area. Much quicker and easier than heading off to the Council Planning Offices.

Thank you for explaining where to locate planning applications and the various sources too. I am aware of all the sources that you have listed. I have posted these on Belmont Voice in the planning forum as another source and reference for our members.

I noticed you have quoted an extract from Belmont Rural Parish Council minutes which records BRPCs observations on a planning application submitted to Herefordshire Council. I'm not sure of the significance of quoting this extract? Do you have a query on the comments made by BRPC?

 

Parish Council's have a statutory right to be consulted on planning applications which fall within the parish or are near the boundary of neighbouring parishes. Ultimate responsibility for planning within Herefordshire rests with Herefordshire Council's planning department and BRPC have submitted observations Herefordshire Council on this application.

 

For the record, Herefordshire Council has now approved the application, with certain conditions imposed.

No query from me, just making the members here aware of the application.

Ref: DMS/102577/F

Site: Tesco Stores Limited, Abbotsmead Road, Belmont

Development: Proposed expansion of existing bulk storage area

Comments: Plans have been circulated. Members had several comments and recommended refusal on the grounds that the development would have an adverse impact on neighbouring properties. Full details of the objections raised are on the letter, a copy of which has been provided to Members.

Thank you for the update

At the last Belmont parish council meeting begining of this month the paish chairman Cllr Edwards said he had requested grit bins to be placed on Belmont estate, if you live in Belmont ask him where they are!

Are they going to place them on the other estates too?

Same answer then really, I am not being negative as I appreciate that they are under some pressure currently but we have the same issues year after year, it's about time we became more prepared as snow in this country is not something that is new. There has clearly been a constant change in the weather pattern over the past 8 years or more and still the whole place comes to a stand still. It will be floods next.

They gritted when I ask last time, so just reminding them to do it again before the buses stop running, I saw a gritter lorry this afternoon on Newton Farm.

They rarely come onto the estates in my experience.

This is a great site thank you.

I agree with all of the above comments. This is a good website and I like the idea of it being instant too. :Smile Face_32:

I rarely comment but I do agree entirely with your statement, this is not an information only website it is a forum for discussion, sometimes that may involve heated debates, but in my experience that's is somethimes the only way to get things sorted out.

 

I love the site and if the local councillors can't be bothered to inform us correctly and support us then why should we in turn support them next year at the elections?

 

Unprofessional I think.

 

I am assuming that your comments refer to another local website and their latest attempt at trying to encourage back lost members with this statement;

 

 

 

The part that I have highlighted speaks volumes, hence, why I will be using this site as oppose to the alternative edited version.

My thoughts exactly

Wouldn't life be great if the street outside your front door felt like your own space? Somewhere to chat with your neighbors, kick a ball with the kids, get about by foot and bike? Somewhere to give us all a better quality of life - a quality street.

 

For many of us the street outside our front door has become a place of speeding traffic, rat-running, noise and pollution. Its a place for others to travel through rather than for communities to claim as their own.

 

That's why we want local Councillors to invest more of their local transport budgets to create quality streets. The first step is 20mph speed limits across whole villages, towns and cities. The second is residents being involved in designing their streets for living, playing, and getting out and about more. The result is better quality lives, quality chat and play, and safer more attractive places outside our front doors.

 

Quality Streets is a campaign to say we want our streets back, and the first step is to slow traffic.

 

Let your local Councillor know that you want quality streets. Sign up here.

The reason there are rat runs is because the traffic in Hereford is beyond a joke!! the answer is plain and simple, BYPASS!!

On 04/11/2010 at 15:05, Glenysp said:

Sorry if I'm a bit behind but are you saying that having set up the website for BRPC, they then wouldn't take part?

No, I think Colin is saying that since he has set up the newer Belmont Voice and only 2 councillors have joined so far.

While I appreciate that other councillors may have issues with some of their colleagues, it is very unprofessional and immature that they have not joined up because of this and this is my opinion.

Frank

The Regulatory Committee and the council have known for a few weeks that a whole day was needed to hear this.So why did they waste everyones time and money and not rearrange the hearing for the full day. :Angry_32:

I had the same thoughts...