Leeds City Council has many different buildings and sites ranging from city centre offices to libraries, sport and leisure centres to one stop centres, schools, parks, business parks and industrial estates. We also use signs on some road works where we are improving the carriageway. It is important that users know where the council provide our services from, what the opening times are and where individual services or information can be found within a building.

“It is important that  signs are easy to understand and are kept in a good state of repair.

“Please help by reporting council signs in Moortown & Meanwood that need repairing, updating or removing”.    Cllr. Richard Harker

Over many years, some council services and former departments have moved buildings or sites. Some older signs have remained in place and now may include some out of date information or are no longer required and may be confusing.

The council is currently asking you to help by letting us know of any examples of signs, on council buildings or land, that you think are confusing, out of date, in bad repair or even in the wrong place.

With your help your local councillors signs on our buildings can be improved so that the council promotes what it  does  and when  facilities are open. The council has promised where they need to update our signs they will. However they are not looking to replace all signs for the sake of it.

Please text images and locations to 0751 8219449 (network rates apply) or alternatively send a digital photo and description of what you think is wrong to  talkingpoint@leeds.gov.uk or send a description and location of the sign to ‘Sign of the Times’, Communications Team, 4th Floor West, Civic Hall, Leeds LS11UR. or contact me.

Gordon Brown’s proposals to deal with the economic slowdown are too little too late, say Moortown & Meanwood Liberal Democrats. 

The party has published its own package of proposals designed to help people left struggling by the credit crunch. And the plans are being strongly backed by members in Leeds 

The Liberal Democrat measures include tax cuts for low and middle income households, stopping unnecessary repossessions, action to cut energy bills and moves to stop reckless banks jeopardising economic security. 

Moortown parliamentary spokesperson, Aqila Choudhry, said: 

“Gordon Brown’s response to the economic crisis has been too little, too late. 

“Here in Moortown & Meanwood and across Britain people are struggling with rising bills, rising prices, and wages that aren’t keeping up. 

“If the Prime Minister really wants to help people on low and middle incomes he should take the simple and obvious step of cutting their taxes, releasing billions of pounds to boost the economy. 

“The Liberal Democrats have consistently called for action to cut energy bills, stop irresponsible behaviour by banks and deliver more help for those threatened with repossession. If Gordon Brown had acted when we first raised these issues we would not be in as deep a mess as we are.” 

Key points of the Lib Dem Fairer Future Economic Recovery Plan

• Put more money in people’s pockets - tax cuts for people on low and middle incomes
• Stop unnecessary home repossessions and provide more affordable housing
• Make energy companies reinvest their windfall profits in cutting bills
• Extra help for people in debt or who lose their jobs
• Tough new rules to limit the excesses of the City

 

Liberal Democrats are campaigning for the rights of Gurkhas who are being denied citizenship and full pensions.

It’s an ongoing disgrace: Gurkhas who retired from the British Army after 1997 can automatically stay in the UK, but those who retired earlier must apply, and many have been refused and face deportation. Pension rights for years served by Gurkhas before 1997 count at only around a quarter of the level of years served after that time.

In March 2008, fifty Nepalese soldiers handed back their Long Service and Good Conduct medals in protest at the difference in treatment of Gurkhas with other British soldiers, such as those from the Commonwealth.At a protest outside Parliament, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg received medals handed to him from Gurkhas who served in the British Army before 1997 and are being denied a full pension and the right to British Citizenship.

Nick Clegg said, “When I told people what you get from the Government in return for the years of brave, loyal, uncomplaining success people simply don’t believe it.

“It is quite simply a national disgrace. I am simply saying you should be treated with the respect and honour you deserve as brave soldiers

“I will do everything I can to end this unacceptable and immoral discrimination.”

 BELOW IS A LETTER I HAVE RECEIVED FROM WEST YORKSHIRE TRADING STANDARDS SERVICE THAT RELATES TO THE WORK THEY WILL BE UNDERTAKING TO ENFORCE FIREWORK LEGISLATION AND THE UNDERAGE SALES OF FIREWORKS

My Reference: DL/PHB                                           Date: 26th September 2008                                     

This matter is being dealt with by: David Lovell                   Tel: 0113 289 8233            E mail: dlovell@wyjs.org.uk

 

Dear Councillor RE: FIREWORKS LEGISLATION   In view of public concerns surrounding the use and misuse of fireworks at this time of the year, I am writing to inform you of the current legal restrictions on the supply, possession and use of these products and to clarify areas of enforcement responsibility. West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service is the enforcement authority for the following offences;

§         Supplying adult fireworks and sparklers to any person under the age of 18 years.

§         Failure by a supplier to display the prescribed firework notice (stating the offences committed if fireworks are supplied to or in possession of under 18’s). §         Supplying aerial shells, aerial maroons, shells in mortar, maroons in mortar, jumping crackers, mini rockets, air bombs, bangers, Chinese crackers or professional display fireworks.*

§         Supplying of Category 3 (display) fireworks with a noise level greater than 120 decibels.

§         Supply of Category 1, 2 or 3 fireworks which do not comply with BS 7114.West Yorkshire Police Force is the enforcement authority for the following offences;

§         Possession of an adult firework in a public place by a person under the age of eighteen.

§         Possession by any non professional of a category 4 (professional display) firework.

§         Throwing, casting or firing a firework in a highway, street, thoroughfare or public place.

§         Using a firework during the night hours of 11pm and 7am. Exceptions exist for the following designated fireworks nights. 

	Curfew Operates Between
5 November	Midnight and 7am the following day
First Day of Chinese New Year	1am and 7am following day
Diwali	1am and 7am following day
31 December	1am and 7am following day

The West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the enforcement authority for the following offences;

§         Unlawful storage of fireworks without licence or registration.

§         Failure by supplier to inform local licensing authority of single transactions over 50kg.

§         Unlicensed supply of fireworks by ‘all year round suppliers.’ ‘All year round suppliers’ are traders who supply fireworks outside the following periods: 15th October to 10th November inclusive, 26th December to 31st December inclusive and the first day of the Chinese New Year, Diwali and the three days immediately preceding both. Such suppliers must operate under a licence to supply granted by the Fire Service.Please be aware that it is permitted for persons to keep the following quantities of Hazard Type 4 explosives without registration or licence for a limited period, for their own use.  

Quantity	Limited Period	Condition
Up to 250kg  (NEQ)*	For up to 3 days	At place of intended use
Up to 100kg (NEQ)	For up to 3 days	At place of intended use (for a combination of HT3 and HT4 fireworks)
Up to 50kg    (NEQ)	For up to 21 days	Not for sale or use at work
Up to 5kg      (NEQ)	Indefinitely
*Net Explosive Quantity

 I trust that the above information will assist you in advising members of the public who have concerns about fireworks. Complainants may telephone Consumer Direct Yorkshire and the

Humber (08454 04 05 06) on any firework issue (referrals to other agencies will be made where appropriate).

 Yours sincerely 

David LovellPrincipal Trading Standards Officer 

“I am please that the Youth Service in Moortown and Meanwood is to receive extra money” - Cllr Richard Harker.

The Liberal Democrat led City Council has increased ward based funding for the youth service by £420,723.  They have directed that this money has to be spent on the delivery of services at a local level.  The money has come from efficiency savings. 

“I would like to hear from young people in the ward about how the youth service can best provide for what they need.  It is important that their views are heard as the youth service delivery plan for 2010/11 is developed over the coming months” - Cllr Richard Harker   [richard.harker@leeds.gov.uk]

I have just received a leaflet from the Leeds ’Independent Disability Council’. To quote from their literature the “IDS is an organisation of disabled people who are wholeheartedly committed to the positive and meaningful involvement of disabled people in the development of public services that impact on our lives, choices, opportunities and independence. ‘  If you feel that you would like to become a member, or just find out more you should contact ……

Membership Secretary,      IDC.     C/o Equality Services.     University of Leeds    LS2 9JT

Tel/texdt: 0784 747 5943

Fax: 0113 228 8110

Textphone 0113 228 9652

Email: idc.leeds@yahoo.co.uk

Result of Farnley and Wortley By-election

Green 1183

Lib Dem 1151

Labour 1009

BNP 556

Con 427

AGS 45

Labour cannot help people – they are a ‘zombie government’, stumbling around with no idea what to do.The Conservatives won’t help people - they are a say everything, do nothing party, avoiding any tough policy decisions.

Nick announced the Liberal Democrat Fairer Future economic recovery plan – four steps to a better economic future -

1) Action to stop unjust repossessions

2) New approach to regulating the City - limiting the excesses of the market

3) Put in place the building blocks for future economic stability - interest rates that take house price changes into account, and independent monitoring of our fiscal rules

4) Tax cuts for families who are struggling

The Liberal Democrats are now the only party that can deliver social justice, and the only choice for anyone who wants a fairer Britain.

We will put money back in the pockets of ordinary families - tax is a means to an end and government should not take a penny more than it needs

We will make Britain the first truly green economy in the world - a huge expansion of renewable energy, and energy independence within the EU

We will change politics so that every person counts - with fair votes, an end to big donations and a stronger Parliament

We will make government ‘people shaped’, with benefits shaped around the needs of people and families, not bureaucrats.

Patients should have far more control over the care they get. So people with long term conditions get to be part of designing the care they need.

Children struggling, or falling behind, should be helped with extra support – one-to-one tuition or catch up classes, funded by a “pupil premium” which targets extra cash at deprived children.

First step taken to centralise children’s hospital services for Leeds

Welcoming the development of a Children’s Assessment Unit, Cllr Richard Harker said ” Our children deserve  dedicated space and services in our hospitals.”

Work has started to create a ‘Children’s Assessment Unit’ at Leeds General Infirmary. The aim of this facility is to improve the experience of emergency hospital admission for children and their parents. The unit, which is costing nearly £700,000, is expected to be complete in January 2009.

Meanwhile, progress is going well to make way for the £25 million move of children’s in-patient services from St James’s University Hospital, combining them with those already on site at Leeds General Infirmary. Centralisation plans were announced in late 2007 as a result of concerns from doctors, nurses, parents and families about the current distribution of children’s inpatient hospital services in Leeds.

Since the move was announced, clinical teams have been meeting weekly to develop the plans which have since been shared with parents at a series of meetings. Parents and carers of children who are currently, or who have been, cared for by children’s services in Leeds are welcome to attend the next open meeting about children’s services moves. This meeting will take place in room B41, B floor Clarendon Wing, LGI, at 7.30pm on Wednesday 10 September 2008.

 

 

Nick Clegg is leading a campaign to knock on one

million doors across the UK.

More people than ever feel alienated by the political process in Britain today. To many it doesn’t seem to matter who runs the country - nothing ever changes. Gordon Brown has been a disaster. There is little enthusiasm for a return to Conservative rule.

The best way to engage with people is to go and talk to them. That’s why Nick Clegg is setting his party the challenge of knocking on a million people between October and June.

Nick Clegg says, “I’m passionate about connecting with people. Talking with them, listening to them, and learning from them. That is why since I became Leader I’ve been holding Town Hall meetings in constituencies across the country. And that is why at our conference in Bournemouth I will be challenging our party to knock on at least a million doors between the end of conference and Polling Day for the Local and European elections. It is a tough challenge, but one which I am confident that we are more than capable of meeting.

“For Liberal Democrats calling on people to talk to them isn’t just about elections and votes. It is about understanding what matters to residents in our communities. Our opponents often deride us for listening to the very real concerns of voters about local issues. But it is something to be proud of that we take seriously such concerns and, more importantly, work to act on them. This is what community politics is all about; and this is what makes us different from the other parties. Community politics rightly lies at the heart of our party and the way in which we do politics.

“But we shouldn’t be afraid to talk about national and international issues either. I want Liberal Democrats across the country to be talking about how we are going to cut taxes for ordinary families and how we are offering real solutions to every day problems like fuel poverty. We are the only party with a viable economic recovery plan, and the only party that understands the pressures being put on people up and down the country by the current economic situation.

“At the same we are the only mainstream party which continues to put the environment at the front and centre of our political massage. David Cameron’s Tories are rapidly losing any environmental credentials they may ever have enjoyed; they can’t be trusted to protect our planet. Our green tax switch, pledge to promote renewal energy, and support for public transport are all firm commitments to tackling the environmental challenge we face.

“I’ll be doing my bit. Up in Sheffield plans are already under way to build on our fantastic success in last year’s local council elections by knocking on doors to hear back from local residents about how they think we are doing running the council. And when I’m visiting local parties across the countries over the coming months I’ll be joining with them to listen to the concerns of voters.

“So let’s get out and knock on some doors and tell people about we will make a difference to our communities, our country and our planet.

After a long campaign local resident Mr Woods convinced West Yorkshire Passenger Transport to build a new bus shelter on Stonegate Road near to the junction with West Lea Close.

“I was with Mr Woods when he met a representative of WYPT on site.  I left the site meeting convinced Mr Woods had won the argument”  Cllr Richard Harker.

Speaking to representatives of the Leeds Building School for the Future Partnership on September 10th Cllr Richard Harker thanked everyone who had been involved in ensuring that three new secondary schools had opened on time.

Allerton High, Pudsey Grangefield and Rodillian schools have moved into completely new facilities which are brilliant spaces fit for 21st century teaching and learning. 

“I would like to thank all the partners who have combined to deliver these three schools on time.  Today we need to celebrate that success.  If I had gold medals to hand out you would all get one.”Cllr Richard Harker, Executive Member for Learning. “This morning’s brief celebration marks the beginning there are still big challenges to come before we complete the BSF programme.”

At the celebration there were representatives from the Leeds City Council’s Public Private Partnership, the Education Leeds Board, the Education Leeds BSF and Learning Environments Team, RM [ICT strategic partners] the Leeds Local Education Partnership, Environments for Learning, including Interserve, Education for All, and others.

Cllr Richard Harker today welcomed the news that the developers have decided to withdraw their current planning application for the development of the Yorkshire Bank Sports Ground.

Cllr Harker said “This would appear to be good news but the developers are likely to submit a new plan.  We have won this battle but not the war.”

Cllr Harker and his ward colleagues, Cllr Brenda Lancaster & Cllr Mark Harris, will continue to keep local residents fully informed about any new plans to develop this site.

 

Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg has called for patients to be allowed to pay for extra treatment without losing the right to free NHS care. 

Speaking to the think tank Reform in central London, Nick Clegg spoke of incidents of patients being refused NHS treatment because they had bought life-extending cancer drugs.  

Outlining Liberal Democrat plans to introduce co-payments to NHS care, Nick Clegg said: 

“There is a real, human conflict between the needs of the large organisation and the needs of the individual.  An extra week of life may not count for much on a bureaucrat’s chart.  But if you’re saying goodbye forever to your children?  It couldn’t matter more. 

“We cannot continue to deny people the right to top up their care - particularly where they are following their clinician’s advice - when the NHS has finite resources and cannot provide everything for everyone.” 

Branding Labour’s experiments with NHS reform as ‘a failure’, Nick Clegg said: 

“More than any other public service, the NHS has been the guinea pig for the New Labour experiment in massive central spending and control. 

“The health service budget has tripled in eight years. 

“And the health service has been the subject of more Whitehall command and control, more central targeting, and more inspection and micromanagement than this country has ever seen. 

“The Department of Health has introduced literally hundreds of bills, white papers, green papers and targets.  

“And for all this change, and all this money, what have we got?  Productivity is stagnant.  Outcomes are worse than in much of Europe.  And health inequality is the widest since Victorian times.  Labour’s experiment has failed.” 

Speaking about Liberal Democrat plans to guarantee patients private treatment if NHS treatment is not available within set waiting times, Nick Clegg said: 

“Everyone should have the right to private treatment, paid for by the NHS, if the waiting time is not met. 

“We would extend direct payments and personal budgets - so people with long term and chronic conditions choose what care they need.  And we need a network of Patient Advocates to provide information, guidance and support to those who need it. 

“I’m delighted that Reform has endorsed this Liberal Democrat proposal in today’s report.  And I support your suggestion that Health Protection Providers - or PCTs in our system - should be allowed to incentivise or even pay people for making healthy choices like quitting smoking or going to the gym regularly.”

If your children were inspired by the Bejing Olympics then this October half-term holiday is their chance to learn how to paddle a canoe or kayak or sail.

Sessions from Monday 27th October to Friday 31st October at the Leeds Sailing & Activity Centre, Yeadon Tarn.

For more details ring [0113] 250 3616 

Cllr Richard Harker and his ward colleagues welcomed the news that eight schools are joining forces to improve the services they offer local families.  Cllr Harker said “This is a very imaginative and forward looking development.  By working together these schools are improving the services on offer to our young people and their families.  This is the sort of development Liberal Democrats have been working  to see established across Leeds.”

• The extended services the eight schools plan to provide —-
• High-quality child care from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m all year
• Swift access to a wide range of specialist support services such as speech therapy, mental health services, intensive behaviour support.
• Information sessions.
• Parenting programmes.
• Family learning sessions
• A wide range of activities such as homework clubs, study support, music and drama, sport
• Wider community access.

The schools involved are Alwoodley Primary, Allerton C of E Primary, Allerton High School, Brodetsky Primary, Highfield Primary, Cardinal Heenan High School, St Urban’s Catholic Primary, St Paul’s Catholic Primary.  The new Alwoodley Children’s Centre is also involved.

Want more information?  

Then attend the Massive Community Event on Wednesday September 17th at Allerton C of E Primary and the new Children’s Centre on Lingfield Approach, between 3.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

MULTI-MILLION POUND BSF INVESTMENT UNVEILS CUTTING-EDGE SCHOOLS  

Learning in Leeds has received a huge boost after three new schools were officially handed over to Education Leeds. 

The brand new secondary schools – Allerton High, Rodillian and Pudsey Grangefield – are the first schools to be completed as part of the £250m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project. They were received by the city last Friday (29 August). 

The hand-over means thousands of young people will enter a new era of learning when they return to school later this month in purpose built, specialist buildings designed to provide flexible learning spaces and cutting-edge school environments. 

Leeds BSF will transform 13 of the city’s secondary schools - a total of five new builds and eight rebuild and refurbishments – to create some of the most advanced learning environments in the country. 

The Leeds BSF project is being delivered through the Leeds Local Education Partnership (LEP) which brings together Education Leeds, Leeds City Council and the Interserve-led consortium Environments 4 Learning to shape the most advanced learning environments nationally. ICT experts, RM Education, are providing schools with the latest e-learning facilities to support and enhance teaching and learning. 

The flexible learning spaces include innovative new features such as a lecture theatre, breakout spaces and adjustable sized classrooms which, coupled with an unprecedented level of mobile computing and learning technology, will help schools provide young people and their local communities with the skills needed for life in the 21^st century.   

Councillor Richard Harker, executive board member responsible for learning, said:“These new schools are 21^st century learning environments, designed to give our young people the skills, knowledge and experience for the best possible start to their adult lives. 

“Each school has unique features which reflect that each young person, school and community is different. Combined with the dedication of our teachers and support staff, our pupils will really benefit from these new facilities.” 

Chris Edwards, chief executive of Education Leeds, said:“Education Leeds has been transforming learning through state-of-the-art buildings and facilities for some years but these extraordinary buildings take this to a new height. 

“The Leeds BSF partnership has been a fantastic success because everyone involved shares our vision to create brilliant learning places where every young person can be happy, healthy, safe and successful.” 

Bob Vince, of the E4L Consortium, said:“The completion of these new schools represents a significant milestone in the development of Education Leeds education provision. Our teams have worked hard to ensure that the new schools are ready for the pupils and we hope that they enjoy using their new facilities”. 

Tim Byles, CEO of Partnerships for Schools, the government agency responsible for delivering BSF nationwide, said:“Today is a day of celebration for students, teachers and local communities in Leeds, as well as one for the BSF programme nationally. 

“The Leeds BSF programme is one of the most exciting we have seen, with innovations including the first purpose-built multi-faith centre in a BSF school. 

“BSF investment in Leeds will help to put resources and buildings at the centre of the communities they serve. I look forward to seeing these schools - and the young people and learners of Leeds - flourish.” 

Young people at two more schools - Temple Moor High and Cockburn College of Arts – will also start the new term in state-of-the-art blocks completed as part of a wholesale rebuild and refurbishment under the BSF programme. 

Improvements at Temple Moor High School Specialist Science College have seen a new science block, technology block and additional sports facilities built while Cockburn College of Arts has a new design technology block, a number of new art classrooms and a refurbished theatre. 

Work has also begun on-site at two other new build schools – Allerton Grange and Swallow Hill Community College, the new secondary school for Armley and Wortley, which will open in September 2009. 

Across the five sites RM Education has installed 5,800 pieces of ICT equipment including state-of-the-art whiteboards, specialist iMac machines, mini book computers as well as 3,500 mobile devices including laptops, Play Station Portables and Nintendo Lites, which will all be used to assist new ways of learning. 

Leeds successfully bid to be one of only 14 local authorities to be included in the first wave of BSF, the Government’s programme to rebuild or renew every secondary school in England.

Families in Moortown & Meanwood with children who will start either primary or secondary school in September next year will be receiving admissions forms soon.  “I would encourage parents and carers to return the forms as quickly as possible” said Cllr Richard Harker.

 

Parents can list up to three schools they would like their children to attend and forms will be delivered to households from Friday 5 September 2008. For the second year running, the choices can also be made online by visiting www.educationleeds.co.uk/admissions.

 

The information will be used to determine which schools children may be able to attend in September 2009 - so it’s vital that parents and carers return them as soon as possible and by October 17 this year at the latest.

 

Parents who apply online will have their offer of a school place sent by email on Sunday 1 March. Those who use the paper form will have their offer posted out on Monday 2 March.

In the event that a parent is not offered their preferred school then they can go through an appeals process. Appeals are limited to the schools named on the admissions form so it is vital that all three preferences are filled in - one of which should be the child’s nearest school.

Councillor Richard Harker, executive board member responsible for schools, said:

“We understand that choosing a school is a difficult choice to make – which is why we have tried to make the process as simple and straight forward as possible.

“The easy to fill in forms and online application gives parents and carers the chance to submit their preferences to us very quickly - which will help us place around 16,000 children and young people into schools across the city.  While it cannot guaranteed that everybody’s preferred school will be a possibility, the council will always do all it can to ensure as many parents and young people are as happy as possible.  To help the Admissions Team, it is vital that parents and carers get their forms back by the deadline. Previous years have shown that people who send their forms in late, or do not submit a form at all, are less likely to get into their preferred school. To help parents and carers make the right decision, Education Leeds, which oversees the admissions process in the city, has helped provide the Choice Advice Service - a confidential service which provides impartial advice, guidance and information to families applying for secondary school places for their children.”

 

The service has lots of useful information about secondary schools in Leeds, including OfSTED reports, league tables, transport and uniform information, and admission policies. They provide impartial advice about all aspects of the admissions process for secondary schools.

 

To use the service, phone 0113 395 0596, email choice.advice@leeds.gov.uk or visit www.leedsparentpartnership.co.uk.

 

 

PLANS to free local police forces from the grip of central government bureaucracy and targets have been welcomed by Liberal Democrats in Moortown & Meanwood. The proposals have been launched by Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne and will be debated at the party’s conference in Bournemouth in September. Cllr Richard Harker said that police officers would be freed to spend more time policing communities rather than chasing government targets. “The police have to be free to police our local communities,” said Richard. “Constant interference and targets from Whitehall do little to catch criminals and deter crime. Moortown & Meanwood police are far better placed than a government minister in Whitehall to decide what the local priorities are. “The proposals also call for police authorities to be elected by local people, rather than appointed by ministers. That will mean policing priorities are under the control of local people.”  Other proposals to be debated by the Liberal Democrats include appointing 10,000 extra police officers, paid for by scrapping the expensive and bureaucratic National Identity Card scheme. 

  

 

LEEDS’ LARGEST EVER TRANSPORT SURVEY

An eight weeks of transport survey began on Tuesday 2nd. September to find out the views of road users, bus passengers and train travellers in Leeds. 

Since Tuesday 2 September, motorists on commuter routes into and around the city are being asked to take part in short roadside surveys. The questionnaires take a few minutes to complete and will help Leeds City Council and Metro form a picture people’s travel habits and identify the locations of future congestion. The results will also help the city shape sound business cases for future transport schemes including New Generation Transport.

Bus and train passengers will also be asked to take part in the surveys, and a public consultation to find out the views and ideas on transport of people living and working in Leeds, will take place later in 2008.

 

The Asset Management Department of Leeds City Council has withdrawn an outline planning application for housing on the site of the Lawrence Oats building at Carr Manor High School.  This follows a vigorous campaign led by local residents. 

In submitting this application the council breached its own good practice guidance by failing to consult local residents. 

There will be another application in due course as the council has declared the site surplus to need.