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SPRING 2014 Inside THORNABY Your Community News From Thornaby Town Council SPRING 2014 Inside . NEW ARRIVAL See page 5 ST. PETER’S CHURCH See page 7 CENTRE SPREAD PULL-OUT See page 10 - 15 Due to austerity measures, Care For Your Area is having to make economies and some flower beds will be lost or reduced. Those near to the 5 Lamps will be retained, but the one opposite, near to The Roundel, will probably go unless money can be found to keep it. Thornaby Town Council will be asking local businesses, pubs, etc, if they would be willing to sponsor a flower bed or planter in NEWS AND the town to ensure that Thornaby remains blooming. EVENTS See page 19 2 THORNABY Pride Comment and News in Brief Dales Estate people of good character will not tolerate Thornaby estate and the borough council lawlessness and our town's name being is in the process of putting together a As most people know, the Dales Estate tarnished by the mindless. And so those programme to deliver new street lighting, is a top class area of high demand with who think they are clever and can flout repairs to the footpaths, replacing the a mix of rented and private properties the law, beware! You could be left with a damaged seating and the dead trees. where decent people expect and record that will blight your life forever as deserve quality of life. Unfortunately well as being made homeless and There are a couple of loose ends to tie up there has been a blip of late and friendless. You cannot win. Decency will in terms of the transfer of land but the people will have read of some trouble always come out on top. bulk of the funding from the Homes and Communities Agency is in place as is the in recent months in regard to ASB and If you are encountering problems of drug dealing on the estate and of a capital investment from the council. The criminality or ASB, here are some useful target now is to be on site and complete police raid that netted a prolific numbers to call: Police: 101 offender as well as other wrongdoers the works needed to bring the area up to in other areas of Thornaby. ASB Team: 607943 - Tristar Homes: 0300 a good standard is May/June of this year. 111 1000. Please don't suffer in silence. Much of the credit for this welcome Help us to help you. New Rail Bridge result is due to a recently formed residents group - Dales Residents Planning - Springs Site, Work has now begun on dismantling Association - which was began by no Retail Park, Thornaby on the old, decaying pedestrian railway nonsense, former town and borough bridge linking Railway Terrace and Councillor, Ray Godwin, supported by Tees Station Road to Thornaby Railway fed up local people who had simply Thornaby people were deeply Station. And not before time! The had enough. Dales' residents set the disappointed when plans for a hotel bridge has not only become an ball rolling in galvanising local and restaurant development on the eyesore, but had become dangerous. councillors, police, enforcement, derelict former Springs' site was Disappointingly though, original plans housing providers and other agencies rejected by SBC. The reason for refusal which were designed to be disability into meaningful action which did prove was that other sites were considered compliant were scrapped by Network successful. However, nobody is sequentially preferable (better). These Rail and a like for like construction is complacent and accept we must be on sites included Stockton High Street, now soon to be put in place. It seems constant guard against a disreputable Portrack Industrial Estate and that where other bodies and minority who tarnish the good name of Boathouse Lane as well as others less businesses must comply with the our resurgent town and cause misery appealing. needs of the disabled, Network Rail to our people. appears to be exempt from such Of course the refusal came as a huge requirements. Police News shock in that an opportunity to tastefully develop a derelict site near Harold Wilson - Fencing Other reported incidents of ASB have to major road links, a top retail park, Around Play Area caused alarm in that large gangs of leisure park and golf course was lost as youths, many of school age. have been well as desperately needed Fencing around the new play area on causing damage to vehicles and employment. Now however, welcome Harold Wilson to keep out dogs and allow properties in and around Oxford Road and news has emerged that furniture children to play safely is now complete. the Beechwood Estate and ranging up as people, Barker and Stonehouse, wish Paid for by donations from a small budget far as the town centre. Many of these to develop the site as a showroom and held by local councillors and by Thornaby youths ride around on bikes and use rat offices. All of which is great, but there Town Council, it is yet another example of runs to evade police and Enforcement. could be a snag. The site is outside of quality in our town for our residents and Thankfully though, police appear to be families. getting on top of what has become a the Retail boundary and could be worrying trend. refused as contrary to Local Plans. Hopefully, common sense will prevail. Council Tax and Town A message received in the past few days Council Precept from Inspector Darren Birkett (Thornaby Teesdale Update Integrated Neighbourhood Team) stated Residents will now be aware that the that he had considered dispersal orders Following the scandal of land on Teesdale borough council has put up council tax on these youths - which is still an option - being put into a £100 company which was by just under 2%. Some may also be and has actually charged two youths with then liquidated to evade maintenance aware that some parish and town criminal damage. One is under curfew responsibility, the land reverted to the councils have raised their precepts by a until a court appearance whilst the other Crown which also refused to contribute. significantly higher figure - e.g. is under constant surveillance, day and However, the Crown did offer to sell the Billingham Town Council has raised its night, with police calling at his home land (acquired for nothing) back to the precept by over 28%. Thanks to regularly to advise his mother that he is taxpayer. Of course this was deemed too prudent management though, and extortionate and consequently refused. being watched. with so many people feeling the effects And so the message is clear. For those of Now however, after years of residents, of austerity measures (cuts), Thornaby you who believe that you are untouchable Annette Cowen and Julie Clark Town Council has, for the third year and that you can get away with actions tenaciously pressing for improvements, running, frozen it's precept - which in that bring disgrace to your own families, there is some light at the end of a very effect is a reduction in real terms. And misery to so many, and shame our lengthy tunnel. Early cosmetic work has yet we still continue to deliver the very brilliant town, think again. Thornaby been carried out on this prestigious best for Thornaby people. THORNABY Pride 3 Comment and News in Brief Gypsy/Traveller Sites - two of those chosen in extremely A174 Parkway Roundabout Extract From TTC's sensitive areas of Thornaby - i.e. Eltham Thornaby Road Link Crescent, near to a special needs school Objection to SBC and residential care home, and land near Widening Scheme At Thornaby Town Council's full Council to Cornfield Road (previously rejected for Thornaby Town Council has made it clear meeting held on Monday 27 January, development because of green wedge that we do not wish work to go ahead on councillors voiced grave concerns about a status) which has elderly residents living widening the A174 Thornaby Road link number of issues in regard to area nearby and has had recent history of ASB. without further funding being sought for identification of gypsy/traveller sites. And whilst TTC understands that this was diversion of a water main so as to enable Consequently, a vote was taken and something of a paper exercise to fulfil a any work to take place on the industrial carried unanimously to register a formal government quota, the fact remains that estate side of the road (south). In fact it is objection to a decision that first came to the town council's belief that this scheme untold damage has been caused to our should be ditched altogether. The impact TTC's attention through the local press on whole community. TTC would also point the 8th and 9th of January 2014. on homes in Thornaby (again) is too much out that such a poorly thought out and residents are justifiably angry that It is TTC's considered opinion that a exercise causes doubt amongst those this has come on top of the roundabout decision formed behind closed doors willing to invest and settle in Thornaby - imposed on this section of road allegedly within SBC's inner sanctum to effectively potentially jeopardising the huge strides to serve the industrial estate. impose these sites on an unwitting public made in the town in recent years. is not what TTC would consider best In reality, widening is simply an practice. The town council also finds it For residents to be informed that a period imposition to accommodate additional deeply disconcerting that the local of consultation is now underway is, in traffic from ever expanding Ingleby authority acted prior to gaining approval TTC's opinion, a considerable blow to Barwick and the knock on effect of housing proliferation in Yarm and beyond.
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