Roger

A Western route, to facilitate a massive housing estate at Kings Acre, would just cause chaos on Whitecross Road. It would also cause a massive Carbon footprint in that area. 

What the topic start post underplays, or never mentions, is the established Pedicargo influence/oversight here. 

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we’re pleased to be working with a dedicated and committed team at the Council to bring this project to life.”

Start post also failed to mention that the Council have a 'dedicated and committed team' all over this bike stuff. 

I saw one of these bikes parked up [unattended] at the junction of Folly Lane/Church Rd/Mount Crescent today. Several also in a marked bay near the cheap tobacco shop on Commercial Road. Only time will tell if this initiative will prove to be successful. My own personal guess is that it will be a system that will not work in Hereford. Because of misuse. Or theft. Or bikes ending up in the river. How much time is there to investigate a bike theft these days? Probably not much. Punishment for a bike theft is also zero for someone who doesn't care about his/her/LGBQT actions. Whoever is operating this bike scheme will have to manage the scheme/losses themselves. Rather like shops. Who now have de facto security all over. As Police have fallen short in various areas. Not entirely their fault. Obviously. 

15 hours ago, Denise Lloyd said:

Give it a couple of weeks and it will be sorted. Mind you I do miss their cakes and nobody can find anything in there quite amusing because every body is asking anybody where is that where is this and so on

The biggest problem is the car park and the people who use it as a hospital car park really winds me up

The car park is always chocca in the daytime. Tumbleweed in the shop aisles tho. The car park is definitely abused. It can only get worse with the 178 bed student block being built opposite. With zero parking space for any of those people. 

Is anyone else bemused by the ongoing refurbishment of this store [Hereford]? Centre aisle removed ~ that ran horizontal to the shop frontage. Kiosk reconfigured to end up at a right angle to the shop frontage. They may have maximised some more selling space. But the shopping experience is through the floor. A total fail in my opinion. 

On 17/07/2019 at 23:38, DILLIGAF said:

It appears now that you need to go public and direct with these issues; ie social media with hash tags so that everyone can see them. I find Twitter is very useful. 

I agree. The Council do try and engage with a 'direct message'. But engagement Publicly on Twitter is better. 

On 21/06/2019 at 21:21, Hereford Voice said:

It is 4 years ago today that Christian Bagley was killed while he walked under Hunderton bridge on 21st June 2015 and still nobody has been convicted of his murder. 

We would urge anyone with any information to contact the Police or Crimestoppers. #speakupforchristian

I think the existing 'reward' for info is £10k. Up the reward. £10k is a derisory amount compared to wages spent investigating.  The Police may know the identity of the killer but are short on evidence. Who knows? 

21 hours ago, Glenda Powell said:

Roger.... I was neither making a cheap forum and pedantic point, this story is about NF, the problem may widespread, but at this moment Megilleland post above is about NF so are all the pictures.

Keep digging ..... I expanded the debate. To demonstrate a wider issue. Environmental issues are widespread in the City Estates. The grip has been lost (by the Council) on necessary environmental housekeeping. 

On 13/07/2019 at 09:19, Glenda Powell said:

Roger... Where I appreciate you contacting your  councillor Kath Hey, I am not surprised she hasn't answered she not the councillor for Newton Farm, Bernard Hunt is.

Obviously you are trying to make a cheap 'forum' and pedantic point. The 'ongoing' grass problem is widespread. Not confined to an area represented by a certain Councillor. You knew what I was saying and tried to be clever. You need to get a grip. I will add, as you need it spelled out, that I contacted Kath Hey about problems 10 feet from my back gate. Problems connected 100% with the sentiment of the topic title above. The #1 post. No reply from a Councillor after a month has passed is 'failure' in my book. 

On 11/07/2019 at 22:51, twowheelsgood said:

That description is lifted directly from the application form - clearly not checked by the Council. Each apartment has two double bedrooms.

Why are important documents being published by The Council that are unclear or wrong? Or that miss facts out? The same happens at the HT. No 'proof reading'. Clearly people are making mistakes. Where is the supervision or accountability? These errors are 'public'. The useless people who publish them (and they probably have a degree) should get some remedial training. 

I emailed my Councillor about this ongoing problem. 4 foot long grass etc. Email dated 06.06.19. I have had no reply. The name of the Councillor is Kath Hey. 

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 6 no. bedroom apartments

I'm not sure what that means. How many persons is this new complex catering for? But it has to be welcomed as that space needs to be improved. 

11 hours ago, megilleland said:

It's the way it is going with all the Mainstream Media. Fill your minds with rubbish, celebrity gossip and scare stories. No decent investigative journalism. Everything we read or look at will be decided by government to "protect us".

Defend Media Freedom event has banned Russia Today and Sputnik from attending… Media freedom allowed so long as you don’t ask any questions.

Proposed Government white paper on Internet Censorship Policy. Follow the video to grasp the consequences of what the government will allow you to say.

RT (formerly Russia Today) is Putin propaganda for consumption outside Russia. It is financed by the Russian Govt. In case anyone has forgotten ..... Russia carried out a nerve agent murder in Salisbury fairly recently. A reason to take the poisonous RT Channel off air I would have thought! 

My Hereford Times 'comment' ability has been 'banned' on their website. I only noticed today but my 'banned' status may have been activated at any point in the last couple of weeks or so. I did explore the ban with the HT Editor. In fairness he was decent and replied. It was quite evident he had never banned me himself. He did explore the HT 'trash can' and quoted 3 comments from my recent history which he describes as 'offensive and unreasonable'. I never asked for the ban to be lifted. But he said it would stay in place 'for now'. .......... Obviously Mr. Wilson has to maintain the ban to back his co-worker decision. Or lift it and undermine his organisation decision. 

My 'questionable' quoted posts' [in the email reply] were generally taking a pop at the poor quality journalism at the HT. I'm not aware that they broke the 'house rules''. But the HT has become incredibly sensitive to criticism of it content. Which we all know is at a very low level. The HT seems more sensitive to criticism than Donald Trump! 

4 hours ago, twowheelsgood said:

Here's another. Look at the brickwork between the third and fourth bays from the left - the quoins are a  completely different coloured brick (that happens in the first photo above as well) it's not intentional, just no care in picking and sorting the bricks.

The constructed elevation does not match the plan in your first post [pic] from the plan! 

On 12/03/2018 at 10:35, Hereford Voice said:

Once complete the hotel will employ around 25 people.

These places are run on a shoestring. I use them! There is an army of cleaners'. In my experience they [cleaners] all have a usual demographic. Minimal non cleaning staff up front. 

17 hours ago, Paul Jones said:

I am sure that they would include more parking facilities of they had the room. I would much rather see new modern homes being created than empty buildings Roger, wouldn't you? 

My comment was purely a parking comment. New flat. No realistic parking. I am all for empty space being maximised. 

Punters' are after cheap and cheerful functioning rooms. This facility ticks those boxes. Guests will not be arsed if a 'brick' could have been selected more carefully to make the building look more aesthetic. What people want is a painless hotel experience. And wi fi. That aside .... The appearance and design is poor here. In fact dreadful. In my opinion.

As for use of the site ..... It could have been used for permanent social [flats] housing for people on some sort of list. But it's a hotel. The option chosen is low risk. Promotes tourism. Keeps out riff raff 'tenants'. 

So 14 dwellings. 5 parking spots. At least you will know there is zero free parking if you buy! 

I think people have gone past caring. Everything else is neglected. Council Grass s 4 ft tall behind my house. City is over run by serious organised crime. Or applications to commit serious organised crime. I can't get excited over this! 

On 02/07/2019 at 23:07, Glenda Powell said:

Roger.... we all have our opinions, but bungalows are not a waste of space. Why don't you think of it in another way, there are many elderly people living alone in  3 bedroom houses who could and have given the houses up for a bungalow. When the elderly people living in Newton Farm 3 story flats, they asked for a bungalow there are 16 bungalows around the Oval that are occupied by those people, other in Newton Farm and Hunderton have given up houses for families, and have been moved to bungalows all over Hereford.

If elderly people are living alone in 3 bedroom social housing then that's a fault of the system. Obviously we cannot afford to under occupy social housing. It is pie in the sky to suggest that anything other than a flat is where a single [social housing] pensioners should be housed. I appreciate those premises don't really exist. As for your stats above I have never really liked the term 'affordable rent'. What does that really mean? Does it mean the rent is dirt cheap? Or subsidised?  

On 11/05/2019 at 21:52, twowheelsgood said:

None of them are for open market sale. There will be;

20 x Social Rent, 17 x Affordable Rents , 17 x Shared Ownership, 17 Rent to Buy.

Of these, 18 will be bungalows (1, 2 and 3 bed), 47 will be houses (2 and 3 bed) and 6 'OT Units' (bungalows, whatever OT may be).

Original tenants will be offered new properties.

At least, that is the plan ...

18 bungalows is just wasting space. Beggars can't be choosers in the social housing area. Bungalows is a tragic waste of space. To house more people there needs to be a modern complex of flats'. With lifts. Disability accessible. I know, historically, there have been problems in flats southside. Shared stairwells and entances/landings attract the wrong types. But the social housing has run out. A single story bungalow is too much of a luxury to house someone on the cheap. 

On 11/05/2019 at 21:52, twowheelsgood said:

None of them are for open market sale. There will be;

20 x Social Rent, 17 x Affordable Rents , 17 x Shared Ownership, 17 Rent to Buy.

Of these, 18 will be bungalows (1, 2 and 3 bed), 47 will be houses (2 and 3 bed) and 6 'OT Units' (bungalows, whatever OT may be).

Original tenants will be offered new properties.

At least, that is the plan ...

18 bungalows is just wasting space. Beggars can't be choosers in the social housing area. Bungalows is a tragic waste of space. To house more people there needs to be a modern complex of flats'. With lifts. Disability accessible. I know, historically, there have been problems in flats southside. Shared stairwells and entances/landings attract the wrong types. But the social housing has run out. A single story bungalow is too much of a luxury to house someone on the cheap. 

Mila on Belmont Road is now Applying [with a Police objection] for a licence ~ with a very dubious application. Hearing is 5th July. It will obviously be refused. I'm not sure how much is lost in the electronic process but the WMP don't care much for paragraphs. In their objection submission! 

Housing has run out for most new people. These quaint social prefabs will have to go. Together with their large gardens. Unfortunately we now have to face replacing the accommodation with cramming as many units on the land footprint as possible. The only answer is flats. Maximise the space.