Building a greener, cleaner, safer community
Borough Councillor Simon Werner is calling on the council to change the council’s failing Business Rate Relief Scheme to make it easier for new startup shops to access the relief. Since December last year when the council started a Business Rate Scheme, no business at all has made use of the scheme. Simon Werner says, […]
With a heatwave forecast for this weekend residents should take precautions – and to watch out for older and more vulnerable residents during the extremely hot conditions. The Met Office has issued a level 2 heatwave alert for the south east on Saturday and Sunday and rocketing temperatures could bring potential health issues, especially for […]
Recently the council has put forward plans to take a large amount of land out of the Green Belt. Simon Werner says, “We desperately need low cost housing for our young people and older people who want to downsize.” “But there are brown field sites all over the Borough that should be used before the […]
Following a number of incidents in Pinkneys Green involving problems over the weekend when the council is closed, Liberal Democrats pushed for an improved Out-of-hours service from the council. Recently the council has started a pilot of an out-of-hours covering: Dangerous structures Planning enforcement Late night noise Un-authorised tree felling Liberal Democrats have continues to […]
With the cuts in funding for the youth service in Pinkneys Green cutting deep, Simon Werner and Kathy Newbound have donated their ward councillor budget of £750 each for community projects to a number of schemes to help young people. They have donated to Pinkneys Green Cricket Club to help them fund their successful youth […]
All along the River Thames the flooding situation which began before Christmas is deteriorating. The Environment Agency has declared Flood Warnings, meaning properties are expected to flood, in Hurley, Bisham, Cookham and things are so bad in Wraysbury, Old Windsor and Datchet that Severe Flood Warnings, indicating danger to life, have been issued. In between […]