Missing bollard and damaged paving at East Crompton - Milnrow Road, Shaw

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A DISHONEST COUNCIL IN DECLINE, A CHINK OF COMPASSION TINGED WITH AUTHORITARIAN RULE (PART I OF III)

by Alan Dean on 7 December, 2022

In recent months and days, the very existence of Uttlesford District Council seems questionable. I am kicking off this trilogy with a slightly shortened account from the Bishop’s Stortford Independent by reporter Hollie Ryder. Uttlesford District Council: Residents for Uttlesford-led authority says it is facing ‘tough but manageable’ financial challenges ahead Uttlesford District Council is […]

AIRPORT PLANNING DEBACLE CONTINUED – WITH £££££ STILL TO PAY

by Alan Dean on 11 August, 2022

I last wrote about this ongoing issue three weeks ago, just prior to the adjourned Council Meeting on July 21st. That Thursday’s meeting got off to a disgracefully bad start when the Chair, Cllr Heather Asker, announced that the number of councillors allowed to speaker would be limited to a strict quota to ensure business […]

AIRPORT PLANNING DEBACLE: IS UTTLESFORD TRYING TO HIDE WHO COST TAXPAYERS £MILLIONS? COUNCIL LEADERS PUT THEIR OWN PLANNING COMMITTEE IN THE PILLORY TO BE THEIR SCAPEGOAT

by Alan Dean on 20 July, 2022

Mystery and cover-up surrounds Uttlesford’s mishandling of the 2021 planning appeal by Stansted Airport against Uttlesford Council’s refusal to raise the passenger limit at the local airport. I FEAR THAT UTTLESFORD’S POLITICAL LEADERS ARE TRYING TO SCAPEGOAT THEIR OWN PLANNING COMMITTEE BY PUBLICLY PILLORYING ITS COUNCILLOR MEMBERS. A recent “independent” report commissioned by officers at […]