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Well, yes, and errr, no. These 'packages' actually form part of the LTP consultation draft proposals along with others such as the South Wye Transport Package and the Hereford Transport Package (western bypass by 2027 anyone?). There is no mention AT ALL in the LTP how all the grand schemes are to be funded. Overnight, we could fix SCOOT for next to nothing and turn off some of the lights, at least part time and see a good deal of the problems reduce if not go away - but consultants wouldn't get much of a fee for that would they? Allegedly £1.1m in fees so far on the shambolic SLR application ...

There are large display boards up in the Butter Market. VERY confusingly, there are actually three different paper questionnaires available to complete - each has the SAME cover, each has the SAME headline - 'High Town Public Realm Improvement Consultation'. Look VERY closely and you will see they are different - there is; High Town survey pack Parking Review survey pack High Town traders survey pack The consultation website hereford2020.com has been broken for a week. When it was accessible, the plans were such low resolution they were illegible. I asked for higher resolution copies with the predictable nil response. Hard to say whether this is rank incompetence or deliberate obfuscation by our highly paid consultants.

This application was prepared and submitted three months before the decision to sell - was it a done deal perhaps? Yes, there are many agents in the County more than capable of doing this work - whether they want to work for the Council is another matter!

Much better colour - looks like he's painting the holly the same colour. Usual pitiful standard of workmanship - not his pavement so why bother.

No planning permission for that sign, nor the hanging banners to the left of the picture. Reported to Planning Enforcement.

I have had no response to my complaint to Planning Enforcement on Monday.

The site was promoted for housing as part of the original development and should remain so. Let's see the local economy and local people benefit, not multi-nationals who don't give a damn about Hereford, save for what they can get out of it to move to offshore tax havens.

There is no planning application pending or determined to allow the change of colour. Clearly the new 'vibrant' blue colour 'affects the character and appearance of the building'. I have already asked Planning Enforcement to investigate and am awaiting their response.

I rest my case then ...

Discussions behind closed doors - really? Isn't this what we've been criticising the council for for what seems like forever? Further, if those subjects discussed then can't be discussed 'in the open', what is left? Casual visitors (and those that value their privacy or their contacts or their jobs) who might feel drawn to comment at the moment will disappear and what are you left with? Is admin going to guarantee absolutely that data will be confidential and secure?

I've not posted here since the unpleasant Cardin incident and I won't be posting again. In my view, if there are discrepancies they should be dealt with in private, not public, until such time as guilt has been proven. dippyhippy's contribution to the forum has been enormous and this is no way to repay that, regardless of suspicions. Likewise this last response to GridKnocker is uncalled for. The voice of reason that is bobby47 has called it right once again, but to no avail it seems. It's Colin's forum and he can deal with matters as he thinks fit, but I'm out. That said, I can't see any way to delete my details - is this like facebook where you can check out but never leave?

They've hung on for a year since my original post, but it's coming. Balfour Beatty cuts 400 staff to drive down costs As part of its drive to cut costs Balfour Beatty has announced 400 staff members will be made redundant… Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty Leo Quinn revealed yesterday that 400 members of staff will lose their jobs in an attempt to cut costs across the business. The firm has had a turbulent 12 months and sold off numerous assets including consultancy branch Parsons Brinckerhoff and Blackpool Airport in a bid to regain control of its finances. http://planningandbuildingcontroltoday.co.uk/planning-development/balfour-beatty-cuts-400-staff-drive-costs/19545/

Coningsby St property up for sale at £350k.

Internships I believe they are called now.

Application has been submitted and approved ages ago - just no one interested in building it.

It makes every sense to those within the secret circle - every one of them is a financial winner - those outside, ie you and me, merely have the trouble of paying for it all whilst reeling, slack jawed, incredulous at the madness of it all.

Nah, these people can very rarely if ever cut it in the private sector - she's drawing from the public purse again and making a right old mess it seems - 140 staff left! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-31323526

Agree - did it, but expected much better of the BID.

There was no mention of the Edgar St trees - Grid Knocker was referring to the dire view of the moored container ship that masquerades as a shopping centre.

The world's worst neighbours seem to planning a move to the old Odeon cinema - they have just submitted a planning application for a change of use, claiming they have outgrown the Coningsby Street premises (although they don't state what will happen to these). There's a load of supporting guff about 'community cohesion' - go tell that to the people in Coningsby Close who have to put with the noise - and 'engaging with young people' - but no mention of handing out sweeties at school gates. They claim to employ 29 people in Herefordshire.

Environmental Health recommend a condition that the extract ventilation system must be approved by the local authority in writing so that we can be satisfied that no noise or odour nuisance is posed to neighbouring residential premises. The extract ventilation system must be designed and constructed in accordance with the DEFRA Guidance on the Control of Odour and Noise from Commercial Kitchen Exhaust Systems. ​This information should have been submitted with the application.

Mr J Chung is the applicant.

Thanks for the vote of confidence - I'll happily do it for slightly less than the £80k currently paid to the man who does it at the moment … and it'll still leave me at least 3 days a week for cycling!

Roger - go to https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/development-control/planning-applications and search for CE092576/F, go to drawings, look for 'Public Realm Masterplan' - this is the easiest to understand. The permission expired on 30 March - has a material start been made? Have all the conditions been discharged? It doesn't seem so. From Planning: "I would draw your attention to Conditions 9, 21 and 22 the discharge of which currently remains outstanding. These must be complied with prior to the commencement of the development." That was Dec 2014 - nothing else on file. I agree - whichever you dress it up, it is still a crossroads and there will still be delays.

According to the approved drawing, there will be two lanes turning right here, one lane straight on. Yes, the bridge is a bottleneck, but no one is going to pay the cost of widening that. Maggie May - I make it a potential 7 sets of lights, but the approved drawing conveniently doesn't show any ... And imagine everyone's surprise, and then anger, on reaching Edgar Street to realise they can only turn left! That’s right, left only! What fun that will be ...