Bulk Ward consists of the Ridge & Newton estates along with the Bathmill and Freehold areas on the east side of the City Centre.
Over 50 young people and adults had a great day on Saturday at the Newton Estate Fun Day.Bulk Ward Councillor Andrew Kay, who helped organise the event said “This was Newton estates first community event for some years and it was a great success - and the sun shone for once.”
The event included an outdoor sound system , giant tug of war and a penalty shoot-out. City council play workers did parachute games for younger kids.
Residents group Its Our City have produced a briefing for people who want to send in representations to the City Council Planning Dept on the current Centros applications for the Canal Corridor. Details can be found on the Its Our City website.
The deadline for getting responses in is Aug 7th.
A packed public meeting organised by residents action group It’s Our City on Tuesday 24th June 2008 in Lancaster Town Hall heard speakers deliver damning criticism of the revised planning application submitted by developers Centros for the shopping centre and carpark on the canal corridor area. (more…)
The Government is currently deciding which company will operate the successor to the Post Office card account (POCA) from 2010. Although the Post Office has made a strong bid, it is far from certain that it will win the contract. The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) is taking action to secure the contract for the Post Office and a future for the post office network (more…)
7.30 PM, TUESDAY 24TH JUNE 2008
LANCASTER TOWN HALL
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THE CHANGES TO THE CENTROS PLANS
AND HOW TO OBJECT TO THEM
This meeting is to provide information about the latest changes to the Centros plans and how to object to them. There will be speakers followed by a question and answer session.
Developers Centros have been back in town showing the latest version of their plans for the controversial redevelopment of the Canal Corridor area of town to local councillors and interested parties. Planning applications for this version of the scheme are due to be submitted in the 2nd week of June.
The new Centros proposals can be downloaded here:
Lancaster City Green Councillor John Whitelegg chaired a session on the first day of the Local Government Associations Sustainable Communities conference in Liverpool. John said “My theme was that we need to move as quickly as possible to a low carbon economy and this means reduced car use and reduced flying and lorry activity.” Cllr Whitelegg chaired the session entitled - “Towards a sustainable transport system-tackling climate change and supporting economic growth” as part of his role as the Deputy Chair, LGA Regeneration and Transport Board.
Cllr Maia Whitelegg has been campaigning for the replacement of Lollipop crossing posts. Lancashire County Council has been unable to replace lollipop crossings positions and there have been a number of vacant posts in the district, including 2 in Bulk Ward (Keswick Rd/Kentmere Rd and Derwent Rd outside Christ Church School).
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Over recent months, there have been a number of complaints about groups of people gathering in Ridge Square, drinking alcohol and disturbing residents. This has been discussed at PACT and at resident meetings at the Ridge Community Centre resulting in the attempt to get a ‘No Alcohol Zone’ for Ridge Square. Cllr John Whitelegg asked for £3,000 to do work needed to set this up and this was agreed in late February. With funding secured, the consultation process will now go ahead.
Saturday 1st of March saw Lancaster’s Carnival of Culture come off without a hitch. During the day, between 250-350 people joined in a fantastically colourful, creative and vibrant street procession that snaked around the town through the afternoon, stopping in spots that are due to be blighted by car-parks, big box retail shopping and so forth, as well as the town square with it’s Trumpton-style Victoria statue, the City hall and the planners’ offices.
For full report by ‘anarchoteapot’ see Indymedia. For more pics,video etc see the Carnival website.
