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by superadmin on 1 March, 2009
Not too much activity on the council this week.I attended the Transport and Planning Committee on Wednesday. This is a very important committee as it is the opportunity for the Parish Council to comment on planning applications before the District Council (until March 31st) make a decision on the plans submitted. This does give local […]
Read more Leave a commentby superadmin on 8 February, 2009
So who is feeling confident about their financial future at the moment. It is a fair bet that few of us in Illogan Parish are as we don’t have too many investment bankers or premiership footballers etc. Although I cannot pretend to fully understand the complexities of the financial instruments bought and sold by the […]
Read more Leave a commentby superadmin on 8 February, 2009
For those who are interested I will keep a log of the activities of the Parish Council , and in particular those committees I am working on. Last week I attended a meeting of the Council Leaders of Camborne,Redruth, Carne Brea and Illogan. These were started as a response to the amount of housing proposed […]
Read more Leave a commentby superadmin on 6 February, 2009
A shocking dossier from the Liberal Democrats has revealed just some of the ways our taxes are being wasted on extravagant and incompetent projects. Despite the hardship many local families and residents face, Labour found £130 million to refurbish the Ministry of Justice’s office, £29 million to build accommodation for asylum seekers which was never […]
Read more Leave a commentby superadmin on 25 January, 2009
The Interim Executive Committee continues with its work planning the new Authority amid confusion on a number of major issues. Election Date : the confusion over the Boundary Commission deliberations on 123 wards or the current 82 is going to complicate the issue for candidates come election time next year. As it stands it seems […]
Read more Leave a commentby superadmin on 25 January, 2009
I have been working hard for the last few months as Chair of the Parish Plan Steering group. This has spent time looking at the future of the Parish and preparing a survey for completion by as many households as possible living in the parish area. The Parish Council decided that there needed to a […]
Read more Leave a commentby superadmin on 25 January, 2009
This plan would se a substantial number of houses built within Illogan Parish over the next 20 years, some 11,000 as presently proposed by the Government. Kerrier have reduced this to around 9000 in their version of the plan but this is still far too many for the area to absorb. Park Bottom and |Tolvaddon […]
Read more Leave a commentby superadmin on 10 November, 2008
Hello , My name is David Ekinsmyth and I have been an Illogan Parish Councillor since May 2007. I formally represent the West Tehidy and Tolvaddon ward but in practice all parish councillors are concerned with the whole parish. Illogan parish is one of the largest in Cornwall with well over 3000 households and a […]
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