-
Pause on redevelopment
In Full Council this week, Poole People Councillor L-J Evans called for a stop to the Conservatives playing Monopoly with taxpayers money. They seemed on a mission to commit several Million pounds to creating Full business cases for projects to turn both Poole Civic Centre, and the Christchurch Civic Offices into Boutique Hotels, with housing…
-
Protest for progress
On 20 March 2023, in the High Court in London, Judge Snow found blocking a road and causing some disruption was deemed proportional to the climate crisis risk and so Felicity Rice and 3 others from a JSO roadblock in London were found not guilty. Non-violent protest has played an important role in moving debate…
-
Urban Transport challenges
Every urban area in the UK has increasing problems of congestion and frustration with getting around. The BCP area has always been challenging to move around, bounded by the sea, and historically being partly Hampshire, partly Dorset, with road systems and bus operations that were not well connected. But congestion has progressively become worse. The…
-
Poole Crematorium update
Poole Crematorium goes back to Cabinet for an outline decision next week. Back in September, the Conservatives were keen to just wait and see how the technology develops over the next 5 years, in particular the move from Gas to Electric cremators. Councillor Andy Hadley researched and found it was not nearly as novel as…
-
Pharmacy in Oakdale under threat ?
We were asked to comment on a proposal from Rowlands Pharmacy that they are looking to merge their sites. There has been alot of conflicting debate about benefits of 15 minute neighbourhoods, but especially for those without a car, being able to easily get to your local pharmacy when you’re not feeling well is important.…
-
Budget Setting 2023/4
The February Council meeting is always a long and painful one. The papers for the meeting extend to over 1000 pages. In anticipation that the meeting may continue until the small hours of Wednesday morning, a contingency has been set to adjourn until the following day. Full Council tomorrow night will set the BCP Council…
Get involved
- Contact your Councillor
- Happy to deliver some leaflets ?
- Want to help us with a donation ?
- Become a Member of Poole People
- Interested to stand for Council ?
