A better way

Excellent letter of support in the Essex County Standard today: Dear Sir I agree whole-heartedly with Rosie Pearson (Letters 22 April), that housing and infrastructure should be given more prominence in the forthcoming local elections. Colchester’s streets are grid-locked, and sprawling suburbs are … Read More

An impartial review of CAUSE’s manifesto – a ‘to do list’ for incoming councillors after next week’s election: CAUSE – ‘cos why not?

Letter to Essex County Standard, 22 April 2016. Dear Sir   Thin gruel on housing in local election manifestos Housing, and associated infrastructure, should feature as the biggest long-term issue facing Colchester Borough in local election manifestos.  Instead, our prospective … Read More

The Editor Essex County Standard 13 April 2016 Dear Sir, The Local Councils are considering a large scale development at West Tey as part of the drive to build thousands of new houses . This has no local support, and … Read More

CAUSE will be holding a series of village meetings to tell local people about the plans for a 15,000 home new town at Marks Tey and what they can do to stop it.   Dates as follows: Copford, 7 March, at … Read More

Our Chairman, Tom Foster, spoke in his allocated 3 minute slot at the Local Plan Committee meeting on 4 April.   His transcript is here:   Local Plan Committee meeting Have your say! 4 April

The new Colchester Borough Council cabinet needs to hit the ground running immediately after the 5 May election. A vital “preferred options” document is due for publication in June indicating some key decisions, including the location of a new town … Read More

Infrastructure first