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As building professional, who lives just a few yards from the Fire Station, and having been inside it on several occasions, I can assure everyone that there is very little wrong with it. Whilst it may no longer suit the requirements of the Fire Brigade, it most certainly does not merit demolition. It is actually rather a fine example of 1950's architecture and would convert in flats very nicely. Everyone from the PM downwards bangs on endlessly about sustainability and making best use of our resources - and it is enshrined it in planning law - so where is the sustainability, or logic, in demolishing a sound building (particularly for a bloody car park)? The bus station would make a good site, no doubt of that - it even has two accesses as the present station. Yes, there is supposed to be a new 'transport hub' at the station, but when? This is the issue - the council are incapable of rational decisions and achieving set timescales, which affects third parties, who have to move on to often less suitable sites because they cannot wait forever. Why didn't the Council make the Rockfield site into a (temporary) bus station - indeed they still could. Releases the present bus station and the jobs a good 'un - no meetings necessary. Or is that too easy?

I thought bobby47 WAS king!

I note today's HT editorial has another swipe at the 'mendacious meddlers', claiming 'all manner of wider opposition can rally' around a 'totem' ie the Working Boys Home (or Bath St offices as the HT calls them). Perhaps she's sore that the HT story has only attracted 4 comments, yet HV has 130 comments and over 2000 views. Frankly, its an absurd stance and does the HT no favours. As Colin notes elsewhere, the power of social media knows no bounds and HV reflects that.

I don't see why a public service union is fighting a private company.

The one way starts where the road narrows - just in front of that blue Saxo car. If you cycle the length of the track (which isn't highway and therefore isn't one way), the road that you join is two way, allowing you to carry on your merry way. As a solution its about as good as it gets (I use it regularly) given the mess of junctions all around it.

We're going a little off-topic here, but the LEP's address is â„… The Shirehall, Shrewsbury, so I'm guessing they have a small room in the basement. The last published minutes are dated June 2011 (!) and record the omni-present Geoff Hughes as being, well, present. Is there nothing that this man is not involved with?

In September of last year I asked the Marches LEP if Jarvis was still on the board as Leader of Herefordshire Council, as indicated on their website, as he had resigned in June 2013. The Executive Co-ordinator replied 'We do need to undertake a number of updates to the website and just lack capacity to do so at present. Cllr Jarvis is no longer on the LEP Board. Cllr Tony Johnson took over when he became Leader. We are hoping to make updates this Autumn when more hands arrive in the Team!' They or may not have those hands, but the website remains unchanged. Also noted 'Working on behalf of the Marches LEP Board is a subsidiary board for the management of the Enterprise Zone in Herefordshire, at Skylon Park'. From that it seems that Skylon Park has little to do with Herefordshire Council!

How can there be a public enquiry on a bypass when the route has not been (publicly) determined?

I understand one of the key factors in its siting is how quickly retained firemen can get there if there's a 'shout'.

It's going to be a "linear park and vastly improved public realm which will help to unite the (OLM) with the city centre." That’s what it said on one of the master plans, so it must be true. There will be dedicated crossing points, with traffic control, and you also have the option of chicken running to the middle section to lock/unlock your bike. Obviously what is being built bears no resemblance to the original proposals, having been 'value engineered' by Stanhope, so I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Beggars belief. So, just what does economic development do these days, given that everything has been outsourced to Hereford Futures, the huge pile of salty bricks is almost done (and has put the local electricians working on it out of business, by the way) and that the council have no money to spend (they say) and are selling/giving away everything in an end of year fiscal frenzy?

I note IOC Cllr Lloyd-Hayes is on the Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority Policy and Resources Committee. If she's anyones ward councillor - Tupsley - can they ask her what her stance on this is? mlloyd-hayes@herefordshire.gov.uk

I believe he was one of four who died in the area from a batch of bad drugs, but I haven't seen any official report.

Biomech - that’s a good call - industrial shredding is what you need, but for little people not huge businesses. Must be thousands of sole traders with too many boxes of old records cluttering up the place (such as me) who need to dispose of them securely.

"A partnership to build a world class broadband network for Herefordshire and Gloucestershire" Really means - just give us the £12m and clear off and don't come back asking silly questions like what do we get for our money and when.

https://www.facebook.com/savehereford A Group Committed to saving the historic city of Hereford from ineptitude of Herefordshire Council.

Bloody hell, who thinks up these ridiculous trumped up names for their departments? Digital Strategy Task & Finish Group indeed - tell us what you really do, if anything. Tell us why you're paying through the nose for London based web design. Tell us why the Council's web site appears to be illegal - whose task was it to ensure it complied?

It comes down to whether those in charge want to provide a service (as this warden admirably did) or simply want to 'fine' people for the slightest misdemeanour, or tax them until they bleed (with parking charges for instance), just to raise revenue.

Aylestone Park! Can't build on that - where would everyone takes their dogs to do their doggy-do?

That's now Nelson House and occupied by the Council, as much of Plough Lane is now occupied by Hoople operatives. A slate blew off in the recent high winds, triggering a massive H & S scare and building evacuation.

My Victorian windows are 110 years old and still in excellent condition - 10 years is a pathetic lifespan - an absolute minimum should be 25 years. You don't use hardcore under foundations - they bear on virgin ground (or are reinforced some way). I assume you mean under the floors - you would not use crushed hardcore for this because of possible contamination issues. If the ground is disturbed, a concrete beam and block system would likely be used. Crushed hardcore is however ideal for drives and paths.

Keep up - the council have taken over the old job centre, spent a load of money refurbishing it and (I believe) have moved their Bath St staff into it, ahead of a cosy deal with the Fire Brigade. They've also taken over the old Bulmers lab premises in Whitecross Road, Nelson House, currently scaffolded after a slate blew off. As an aside, they're also altering Plough Lane and spending millions on the Shire Hall. The plans for Robert Owen/University at Blackfriars show two large new blocks to be built on the site. From their Q and A 'Beginning with as few as 300 students at its inception, the university will grow to 5,000 students between 2020 and 2025. The New University will be established in the immediate environs of Hereford City and will evolve campus hubs in several locations throughout the City.'

All peripheral reasons helping the massive shift to online shopping. Its probable that the walk-in supermarket boom is nearing or is past its peak - the future is online with much smaller stores to see and touch certain goods before having them delivered to your door or nearby 'locker'. There's a reason why the OLM is the only 'shopping centre' opening in the UK this year.

The Council don't give a stuff about John Venn's heritage. He is buried in the Commercial St graveyard, with his sister and aunt, and the Society were stalled for about 6 years when they were asking the Council for something to be done about the condition of the graveyard. In 2006 they were told that a wonderful new company called ESG would manage its restoration. When it became obvious that nothing was going to happen, they undertook to restore the grave itself in 2010 - when asked to contribute towards the modest cost, the council refused to offer a penny (in fact they demanded a fee for a license, which was ignored). The City Council contributed I believe £1000.

I've copied my posting to the HCS chair and let him know about this thread (and forum).