About Me
I believe that the world must become more sustainable and to do that it will become more local. My global experience is as a radio producer at the BBC World Service and as communications director for the Climate Parliament. I am now active locally - as a parish councillor in the village of Wye (close to Canterbury) in Kent. This blog is my own view - not that of the council.
Tag Archives: Local Politics
Long Legs
It’s interesting to speculate as to what might be happening if Wye had voted ‘no’ in the Neighbourhood Plan referendum last week. Various members of the community would be walking round in a gloom. Developers would be licking their lips … Continue reading
Posted in Waste
Tagged DEFRA, Environment, Local Politics, sustainability, Therese Coffey, waste, Wye
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WYE WITH HINXHILL FOR GOVERNMENT
A power vacuum. We’ve said goodbye to Brussels. Westminster has dissolved into squabbling about the precise emissions from its own rear end. There seems no alternative. Wye with Hinxhill Parish Council will have to take control. In these difficult times, … Continue reading
Posted in Governance
Tagged Environment, Local Politics, referendum, sustainability, Wye
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PARISH HEADLINES 46
This is my recollection of last week’s parish council meeting: Councillor Shoults chaired the meeting in the absence of the council chair Noel Ovenden. The community warden was also busy elsewhere. Councillor Shoults updated the council on the ongoing discussions with … Continue reading
Posted in Communal space, Education, Governance, Housing
Tagged Environment, Local Politics, sustainability, Telereal Trillium, Wye, Wye Neighbourhood Plan, Wye3
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PARISH HEADLINES 45
This is my recollection of last week’s parish council meeting: The council elected Noel Ovenden to be Chair of the Parish Council, to replace Councillor Shoults who is standing down. A vote of thanks was proposed to Councillor Shoults who … Continue reading
PARISH HEADLINES 44
This is my recollection of the parish council meeting last week: The new parish clerk, Vinny McLean, was officially welcomed to the Council. She is going to be working from the new parish council office on Bramble Lane (Briar Close). … Continue reading
PARISH HEADLINES 43
This is my recollection of last week’s parish council meeting: It was agreed to accept the revisions to the Neighbourhood Plan as recommended by examiner Richard High. (These revisions had been previously accepted by the community at a public meeting … Continue reading
Posted in business, Care, Governance, Housing
Tagged Ashford Borough Council, CIL, Environment, Local Politics, Section 106, sustainability, Telereal Trillium, Wye, Wye3
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