ISSUE 7 SUMMER 2018 FOCUS GRAPPENHALL & SAVE

SANDYWarrington Borough Council is again reviewing Your local Lib Dems have alreadyLANE started its waste strategy and proposals are expected to a petition and around 3,000 residents have signed go before the Labour-controlled Executive Board it to date. We know that many more people feel later in May. Citing budget pressures, it is strongly about the importance of having a reported that the closure of recycling and watse centre south of the Mersey, Recycling & Household Waste Centre on Sandy so please do your bit by signing the petition and Lane is one of the options being considered. encouraging as many other people to do so as Needless to say this would be a huge problem for possible. You can sign and return the form below, the residents of south as it would for free, to your local Lib Dems. Or you can sign leave us with no option to travel across town to online - just Google ‘Save Sandy Lane’. use the Woolston or Gateworth centres. This ‘I am sure I am not the only person who would add to traffic congestion and likely lead to saw this proposal and thought ‘oh, yet another falling recycling rates and a increase in fly tipping. decision against the interests of south Many residents will remember that Sandy Warrington’,’ commented Councillor Ryan Bate, Lane was threatened with closure in 2014. On ‘it is an absolute no-brainer to keep a recycling that occasion the council failed to follow its own centre in south Warrington so that people can decision-making regulations and a local campaign use it without adding to traffic congestion or led by Stockton Heath councillor Peter Walker resorting to just leaving stuff in their black bin at managed to reverse the decision. This time the home’. Labour executive are likely to pay more attention to their own regulations to avoid falling down on a technicality. As such it is essential that residents make their feelings known and in the greatest numbers possible. SAVE SANDY LANE WASTE SITE We the undersigned urge Warrington Borough Council to keep Sandy Lane Recycling & Household Waste Centre open or to provide alternative recycling facilities in south Warrington. Bloor’s prevision application last year was knocked back by WBC on a few Name Address Signature technical grounds. Bloor have now addressed those issues and it is expected that their application will be recommended for approval by WBC. The Bloor application in its current form is a threat to the unique character of Appleton Thorn and . Our only chance of doing that is to show the strength of feeling, in Appleton Thorn and beyond.

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Diamond Park (Barley Road) and Jubilee Park (Euclid Road) are currently The next phase of the restoration project on Church Lane is currently on undergoing their most significant-ever investments, with their play areas set hiatus between the school Easter and Summer holidays. Some residents to be transformed with a range of wonderful new equipment. As part of the will have no doubt been shocked to see the stretch of tarmac outside the bid for funding from WREN, a not-for-profit company awarding funding to Rams Head, however rest assured this is only temporary until work can community projects, the Parish Council consulted with primary school recommence when St Wilfrid’s finishes in July. Over the summer the children in both and Grappenhall to ask how they’d like their parks stretch currently under tarmac will then be restored with cobbles and to be transformed. Councillor Elaine Welborn, our Parish Council chair and setts, ready for the end of August. This follows the work between the a retired teacher herself, said the ideas and enthusiasm of our young school and the pub, together with the pavements which were resurfaced residents was superb and she hopes that the new parks provide them with during the first phase of the project. somewhere safe and fun to play for many years to come. ‘I have been calling for and negotiating this restoration for over a ‘I grew up in Grappenhall and remember both parks from when I was decade,’ explains Councillor Mike Biggin (pictured above), ‘so to see the a child,’ comments Councillor Ryan Bate (pictured above) who leads the work being done, carefully and professionally, is absolutely brilliant. These Parks & Open Spaces committee which oversaw the park projects. ‘To be things do take time, but to have it done at all is a massive achievement, able to secure such substantial funding and invest in so much new play especially when you think how few cobbled streets are left across the equipment, which matches the needs and interests of our children, is one country.’ of the highlights of my time as a councillor. I can’t wait to see what the Two more phases, outside the Parr Arms and then alongside the finished play areas look like and I hope that they will be well-used.’ churchyard, are set to be completed over the next two years. It is right once again to congratulate and thank our Parish Clerk, Janet Richards, whose bid-writing prowess secured the £93,000. Without the Grappenhall Heys latest money Janet has brought in over the years, our villages simply would not be Homes , formerly the Homes & Communities Agency (yes, we the places they are today. know, it must cost them a fortune in new signage), are currently seeking The Parks & Open Spaces Committee was reformed from the old a developer for the 400 houses at Grappenhall Heys. Once a developer Play Equipment Working Group in 2016 to reflect the wider interests of the is in place, a detailed plan will be produced and presented to the council council in how we manage our public spaces. Our Parish Warden, Martin under ‘reserved matters’. Unfortunately we cannot object to the housing, Stuart, reports into this group and has made a huge contribution to the as that has already been approved, but we can ask for changes to the villages. design and layout of the development, so as to minimise the affect on existing residents and the local environment. If you’d like to help with this scrutiny, please get involved with YOUR LOCAL FOCUS TEAM Sustainable South Warrington (search for them on Facebook) as they are monitoring all of the Homes England developments across the area. Weaste Lane resident set to join the council Sally Chisholm, who has been instrumental in setting up the Weaste Lane residents association, is the Lib Dem nominee to be the new Parish Councillor. Sally previously worked as a senior manager in the NHS and Tel: has lived in the area for several years. Her interest in getting more E-Mail: involved in local politics came from her horror at the potential impacts of the PDO. As well as setting up the residents association, Sally is also Vice Chair of Rethinking South Warrington;s Future, a group of residents Tel: from across the area supporting the joint Parish Council group seeking to oppose and influence the Local Plan. In other news, Councillor Elaine E-Mail: Welborn is to be nominated for a second term as chair of the Parish Council in 2018/19. Councillor Cliff Taylor will serve as her Vice Chair. You can also contact Grappenhall & Thelwall Parish Council at and You can now follow our updates and get in touch via Facebook: FIGHTING FOR OUR LOCAL AREA Printed, published & promoted by Warrington Liberal Democrats at 75 Grappenhall Road, WA4 2AR