tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-366041032024-03-11T03:23:14.844+00:00Paul Robinson's blogWelcome to my blog - just some of my thoughts, the thoughts of others and news about Gilberdyke, Howdenshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.comBlogger362125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-20112467001226042452013-01-15T09:02:00.001+00:002013-01-15T09:02:34.477+00:00Why it is best that I resign as an East Riding of Yorkshire Councillor
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many will have heard that I've announced
my resignation as an East Riding of Yorkshire Councillor representing the
people of Howdenshire - I'm very sorry to the many who've offered me support
over the past few weeks, especially Howdenshire residents - but to continue to
represent you as your Councillor has become impossible - due to the barriers
that would be put up by the ruling ‘political elite’ at County Hall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is with a degree of sadness
that after talking to my family, friends and many Howdenshire residents I have taken
the decision to resign, and concentrate all my efforts on my new role as Deputy
Police & Crime Commissioner for Humberside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many will be aware that the
Labour Group at County Hall brought forward a motion at Wednesday’s full Council
meeting saying the role of Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner was incompatible
with holding office as a Councillor<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- this,
even though the legal advice and messages from the government were clearly saying
the opposite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rather than dealing with the
motion, what I witnessed on Wednesday was an orchestrated attack on me by the
ruling ‘political elite’ at County Hall. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The debate from the Conservative side was led
by the Council Leader, Deputy Leader and senior Councillors, much was based on
perception, very little was fact based, and a great deal was very personal and
little to do with the question posed in the motion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It made me realise that if I
stayed on, whilst without any payment, barriers would be constantly put up
which would have damaged the interests of Howdenshire residents. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I therefore thought about it again after the
meeting and decided the next morning that, in the circumstances, it would be
best to resign, it was time to make the break and I wanted everything over and
done with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The barriers to performing my
role as an East Riding of Yorkshire Councillor would have been political,
rather than anything involving the officers and the way the council functions
from an administrative point of view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Leader of the Council being reported
as saying he was ‘delighted at my decision to step down’ probably speaks
volumes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have unfinished Council
business which dictates that I won’t be able to stand down immediately, but
probably in March.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This includes the
conclusion of work on the Gilberdyke/Newport Tip, the final phase on the flood
alleviation programme in Gilberdyke, the proposed path between Gilberdyke and
Howden, a couple of wind farm applications, and unfinished casework for
individual residents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This remaining work is very
typical of what I’ve done over the past 6 years, almost all is detailed here on
my blog – ironically, I would NOT have been prevented from doing almost all of
this if I continued as a Councillor as there would have been no so called ‘conflicts
of interest’ or incompatibility between the roles of Councillor and Deputy
Police and Crime Commissioner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been an absolute privilege
to serve the residents of Howdenshire over the past six years – I may not be
your Councillor in the future but I will always be your voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-24795879801730792482013-01-08T07:45:00.001+00:002013-01-08T07:52:46.115+00:00I will continue to represent the people of Howdenshire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I have now taken up the role
of Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside I have given some
thought to my continuing role as an East Riding of Yorkshire Councillor for
Howdenshire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much has been said about my
ability to balance the two roles and I am confident of being able to do so and
continue to provide a high quality service to Howdenshire residents, as I have
done for the past 5 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The major
difference for me moving forward is that I am no longer actively involved in my
company, so I’ve effectively now given up my ‘day job’ to take on the position
of Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With regard to questions about a
conflict of interest between the two roles, if there were any issues relating
to police and crime in Howdenshire where a conflict was to arise, I would
declare this and allow my fellow ward councillors to act without my
involvement. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have already removed
myself from the council’s Corporate Communities Overview and Scrutiny sub-committee
and the Licencing Committee on which I previously sat where a possible conflict
of interest may occur.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have also
resigned from the Chairmanship of the Goole & Howdenshire Community Partnership.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After consulting widely with Howdenshire
residents, Parish Councillors, family and friends almost everyone I have spoken
to are insistent I stay on as a ward councillor and continue to work on their
behalf. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will always listen to the
people I have been elected to serve, and after taking time to consider their
views, my decision is that I will continue as an ERYC Councillor but I propose
NOT to take the annual allowance of £10,711.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many who know me will testify that
I serve on the Ouse & Humber Drainage Board, both Gilberdyke and Howden
School governing bodies, and the local Parish Council - all in a voluntary
capacity without payment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others know I
lived and worked in West Africa as a volunteer development worker for less than
£95 per month. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the key areas of Matthew
Grove’s manifesto we will work to deliver is the significant increase in the
number of special constables. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we are asking for volunteers to serve their
communities with distinction without payment, I can think of no better way to serve
mine than leading by example and volunteering my services as a councillor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am looking at options of using
my allowance to further good causes in the area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-83559810834414425772013-01-01T19:24:00.000+00:002013-01-01T19:26:28.229+00:00Looking forward to my new job as Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many of you will now know that I’ve
been appointed Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner (DPCC) for Humberside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am delighted that Commissioner Matthew
Grove has asked me to become his Deputy. After working closely with Matthew in
his election campaign, helping him to write his manifesto, and working
alongside him in the weeks since he has taken office, this is a challenge which
I am looking forward to immensely. I think it’s important to set out the
objectives and purpose of my role, and what aspects of the Police and Crime
Commissioners office Matthew has asked me to lead on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the key aspects of the
role is to deputise for Matthew when he is unavailable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The role of the Police and Crime
Commissioner is not just to set the priorities for the Police and monitor their
performance, but to work with strategic partners, including local authorities,
community safety partnerships and voluntary services, to examine the ways we
can prevent crime from occurring in the community, and to challenge the cycle
of re-offending. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the key areas
which I will be concentrating on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a local Councillor, I have always
tried to be at the heart of the community I serve, and have worked on many
public safety initiatives over the years. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the course of the three and a half years,
I will be meeting the people who work tirelessly to make Northern Lincolnshire
and East Yorkshire communities better places to live, and exploring how we can
work with and support them to cut crime even further, through new and
innovative ideas. The ‘..and Crime’ part of Matthew’s title also includes how
we work with the criminal justice system to ensure that the good work of our
Police officers and staff is properly reflected in the sentences handed down to
criminals, included restorative justice in the community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In these tough economic times, we
must use every opportunity to save money by working closely with other public
and voluntary sector organisations to share examples of good practice. I will
be exploring how we can join together to increase the efficiency and
effectiveness of the ‘back office’ of the force through shared services and
assets, to make better use of facilities to deliver more value for money, and to
ensure that we find ways of achieving the Government imposed savings without
affecting policing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also been asked to
proactively enhance relationships with local and regional media, to promote the
success of the joint work of the Commissioner, Police and partners in securing
improved outcomes for local people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Building on the success of chairing
the Local Action Team/Community Partnership in the Goole and Howden Area, I’ve
been asked to proactively enhance relationships with a wide range of
stakeholders in the community safety and criminal justice sectors to identify
blockages or identify opportunities to improve the delivery of programmes that
secure improved outcomes for local people across Northern Lincolnshire and East
Yorkshire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Needless to say, after consulting with Howdenshire residents, Parish Councillors, friends & family the overwhelming feeling is that I should continue to serve as an East Riding of Yorkshire Councillor, although I will be giving up some of my specific roles including removing myself from the Council's Corporate & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Committee and the Licencing Committee, I will also be stepping down from chairing the Goole and Howdenshire Community Partnership. I will be also reviewing my other commitments in the months to come. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To enable me to continue as an ERYC Councillor and take on the role of DPCC, I will be taking very much a back seat and a 'hands off' role in the running of 1-2 Clear Ltd. The day to day running will be cascaded down to the employees and the overall responsibility passing to my fellow director. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2013 will be an exciting and
challenging year, and I look forward to working hard with Matthew to make our
communities safer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p><em>Matthew Grove has said: “The
people of East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire elected me to be their voice
in ensuring the safety of their community. I represent 900,000 people in an
area of 1,350 square miles, on two banks of the River Humber, where over 70,000
crimes are reported each year. The enormity of this role is not lost on me and
I need a deputy who I can rely on to challenge me on the big issues, to be a
critical friend and lead on significant areas of work on my behalf. </em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Chief Executive built a
detailed profile for the job, to give me extra capacity by having someone who
can focus on partnership working, the ‘back office’ side of policing and
working with the media to make sure all my aspirations are communicated to the
local public. This profile was developed and assessed independently. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Commissioner I need someone
who I have total trust and confidence in and who can fit this profile. My
judgement is that Paul fits this role and can deliver everything I need to be delivered.
I know that Paul’s vast experience, skills and deep understanding of community
safety issues fit the role of deputy. The work he has done with me since the
election has left me even more convinced of this. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2013 is going to be a busy year.
It will start with approving a budget and appointing a new Chief Constable,
then issuing a Police and Crime Plan and delivering on the pledges I made in my
manifesto. The public have put their trust in me to make these important
decisions. They deserve less crime and the best possible policing and with
Paul’s appointment, I am confident we will deliver this.”<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-87097073678725167762012-12-05T09:05:00.001+00:002012-12-05T19:19:10.651+00:00No more waste to be tipped on Gilberdyke Landfill Site from 1st Jan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday
the Environment Agency announced they were issuing a revised operating permit
for the landfill waste site at Gilberdyke, which will see no more waste tipped
on the site from 1st January 2013 and will bring about the closure of the tip. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This is
very welcome news although it long overdue in the eyes of many, not just people
living in the vicinity of the tip but also those from far and wide who have
witnessed the actions of tip operators City Plant Ltd over many, many months -
including their cynical disregard for the conditions contained in the planning
consent. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Newport residents have had to put
up with thousands of massive HGVs travelling through their village, the most appalling
stink, litter, dust, mud – and the imposition of an enormous artificial
mountain overlooking their community as a permanent reminder.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are outstanding
issues with the site remaining that need to be addressed, and there is a
planning application winding its way through the system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still have serious concerns amount the long
term impact of the tip on the community, particularly the issues of surface
water run-off, capping of the site and risks of pollution. (see previous posts).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we have to accept that the changes to the
permit is a major step in bringing about completion of the site.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Environment
Agency state:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">From
January 1 2013, the tip’s operator City Plant Ltd will no longer be able to
deposit general waste at the site. The new permit restricts tipping to inert
substances, such as capping soils that will seal the waste site for restoration
to a natural appearance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
Environment Agency issued the permit variation on Friday 30 November, as the
site has reached its maximum capacity for general, non-hazardous waste. It is
expected that all of the capping materials will have been deposited by November
2013, although tree planting and other landscaping works may continue after
this date.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">City Plant
Ltd has also applied to change its existing environmental permit for the site.
The firm's applications specify the overall size and shape of the site and how
the site will be managed after capping, looking at aspects such as surface water
management and gas extraction. The details of the applications are currently
being considered by the Environment Agency.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Peter
Stevenson, Environment Manager at the Environment Agency, said: “This is a
significant milestone in the lifecycle of the landfill site at Gilberdyke. Once
capping begins in January, no more general waste will be allowed, and that
means that any problems of odour or unsightliness of waste will be reduced in
time. Ultimately we are looking forward to seeing the site entirely finished,
with the surface restored to its natural state - and that goal is now in sight.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“We will of
course continue to work closely with City Plant Ltd, East Riding of Yorkshire
Council and local residents to ensure that the tip is managed appropriately and
that it has a minimal impact on the local environment and community.”</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-75971267936155384382012-10-28T12:30:00.000+00:002012-10-29T08:53:56.930+00:00Why Gilberdyke Tip planning application should be refused<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
application by City Plant Ltd for the Gilberdyke Landfill site is with the East
Riding of Yorkshire Council and comments have been invited from interested
parties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is in many respects a
retrospective application because the tip is almost full, to levels way above
the presently consented height.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
application seeks to regularise the current levels, change the landscaping
plans, install electricity generators to utilise the landfill gas, and try to
sort out the surface water run-off.<o:p> </o:p></span><br />
<o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></o:p><br />
<o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">City
Plant Ltd has been cynical in how they have played the system and the ERYC and
the Environment Agency have been powerless to stop the blatant disregarding of
planning conditions by the company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
accept we are where we are with the height and volume of the tip - but how the
site is finished and left is of critical importance and in my opinion the
application has serious flaws.</span><br />
<o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></o:p><br />
<o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It
is now time for the ERYC and the EA to work closely together to ensure the tip
is left safe for years to come, and not create on-going problems for the
communities of Gilberdyke and Newport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
certainly feel the application should be refused until the following 12 points
are addressed.<o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The proposal for the finishing
of the landfill site including the capping and the finished landscaping is
of concern - The original application was for 1.0m clay capping plus a
layer of soil and trees to be planted on top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new application is to use a thin ‘bentonite
type’ carpet and a layer of soil and grass instead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clay is flexible and will be much more
able to cope with the differing rates of settlement that the tip will
experience over time, the differential in settlement resulting from
different levels of old waste and new waste and compaction across the area
of the site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was felt <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the bentonite will crack whereas the clay
will move naturally and with trees planted in the clay and soil cap the
roots will bind the whole together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The maximum height of the mound to be no more than 19.5m at any
time.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leachate – the proposed management
of the leachate from the site is not sufficient as proposed and the risk
of pollution of nearby watercourses is thought to be unacceptably high.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is an absence of an open
collection ditch surrounding the site and no flat separation ground
between the site and the adjacent dykes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are thought essential to minimise
the risk of pollution. <o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gas collection – It is felt there
will inevitably be some noise pollution with this process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will need to be strict 24 hour
noise limitations placed upon the site.<o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is essential that the gas
transport/extraction pipes be protected with adequate impact barriers
where the pipework is vulnerable.<o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weighbridge – when the site is
closed to tipping or capping there will be no need for the
weighbridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is felt absolutely
essential and non-negotiable that the weigh bridge is removed to prevent
further tipping.<o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Health – I would like to
request that all the potential health risks of the site in both the short
and long term must be assessed or appropriately scrutinised by independent
health service professionals – who are not engaged by City Plant – these must
be engaged by the ERYC in consultation with the local parish councils, and
the cost preferably met by City Plant Ltd.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Profile – the profile of the mound
must allow for (rain) water to run off rather than being allowed to pool
on the relatively flat top as proposed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The profile to be a domed shape rather than flat, with a
comprehensive settlement plan showing how the dome will be maintained of
the next 25 years. <o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Community Fund – If the
landfill gas is to be used to generate electricity it is requested that a
community fund be set up with contribution paid into the fund for every
megawatt generated for the life of the landfill site’s electricity
generation. It is suggested this be similar to wind farm community funding
arrangements and be at a rate of £2,500 (per megawatt per year) and for
this to be index linked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fund
to be jointly administered by the ERYC and Gilberdyke and Newport Parish Councils.<o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The present ERYC holding
objection to the Environment Agency which effectively stops the issuing of
a new permit to be held until such time that planning consent is
granted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is requested that any
conditions applied to the planning application are completely in synch,
compatible and completely seamless with any conditions applied by the
Environment Agency in their permit i.e. no administrative gaps for the
company to take advantage of as we have seen in the past.<o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would request that a bond to
be provided to East Riding of Yorkshire Council for all remedial work that
does not fall within the Environment Agency scope – i.e. residential/road
repairs etc.<o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When site is no longer in use
for tipping of waste materials the company (City Plant) must be
responsible for bringing Thimblehall Lane and Mill Lane back to an
acceptable standard.<o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would request that the
application is NOT approved until ALL the concerns of the Ouse and Humber
Drainage Board have been addressed to the Boards satisfaction.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is to be a public meeting on Thursday 1st November 2012 at 7.30pm in Newport Village Hall to dscuss the the major issues relating to the planning application, and organise a petition so that ERYC officers and councillors are totally aware of the strong feelings held by residents. Everyone is welcome to attend, but please bear in mind a film crew are expected - so be prepared to be filmed!</span></div>
Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-72630677834054062062012-10-28T10:19:00.002+00:002012-10-28T12:34:30.866+00:00Why I support Matthew Grove for Humberside Police & Crime Commissioner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many will be aware that I have spent much of the past year or so working with Matthew Grove on the Humberside Police & Crime Commissioner Campaign. This week Matthew published his manifesto which gives information about who he is, what he stands for and what he will do if elected on November 15th.</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" style="font-family: Times New Roman;">1. </span>ABOUT MATTHEW GROVE</strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">I grew up in Lincolnshire and now live and run a company in East Yorkshire. I have a track record of working successfully with members of all political parties, voluntary groups and local residents. I would be the Police and Crime </span></span></span><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">Commissioner for the whole of Northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire as well as for Hull – a strong, local, independent-minded voice serving all residents and working closely with the public, Chief Constable, police officers and other organisations to make our neighbourhoods safer.</span></span></span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We must take the fight to the criminals, not just deal with the aftermath. For the most part we know who the habitual criminals are. We must target them instead of allowing them to target the innocent. For those whose drunken anti-social behaviour blights our streets at night, I will be looking to charge them for the cost of the police time spent dealing with them. </span></span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will support effective rehabilitation and the fantastic work of those who help offenders re-join society. Continuing a life of crime can no longer be the easy option. We should help offenders who want to turn their lives around but not tolerate those who choose to make other peoples’ lives a misery. Preventing crime and re-offending is most effective when all the related services work closely together alongside our communities, so that offenders don’t fall through the gaps that can exist between organisations.</span></span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></strong><br />
<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I want to ensure that there is no hiding place for criminals and that all parties focus together on reducing crime. I will protect investment in projects which have a proven success rate but will not waste money on rewarding criminals.</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><em>Matthew Grove</em></strong></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2. MY PRIORITIES FOR HUMBERSIDE</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><strong>CUTTING CRIME </strong>will be my number one objective. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>PUTTING VICTIMS FIRST </strong>– I will always support victims ahead of criminals and yobs and work to make our neighbourhoods safer.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>INDEPENDENT VOICE </strong>– I will be a strong, local and independent voice, not a professional politician with an axe to grind. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>CROSS COUNTY CRACKDOWN </strong>– I will be a Police and Crime Commissioner for Northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire as well as Hull. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Challenging head on the <strong>CYCLE OF RE-OFFENDING.</strong></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keeping our <strong>COMMUNITIES SAFE </strong>and making them even safer. </span></span></span></li>
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<strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. CRIMINALS MUST PAY</span></span></span></span></strong><br />
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<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">I pledge that if elected my Policing Plan will include firm proposals to BILL DRUNKEN TROUBLE MAKERS who blight our City and town centres, create mayhem and take up police time. </span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">This proposal comes after having listened to many people over a considerable time; it is well supported by residents, police officers and government ministers.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have witnessed this type of drunken behaviour first-hand after spending time on the streets with the police incident response teams. I was with them as they received call after call throughout the night for drink related incidents. I have also taken the opportunity of seeing the problem from the other side, spending many hours talking to council licensing officers, door staff, pub and club owners, taxi drivers and late night take-away owners. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Offenders must be made to take responsibility for their actions.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>4.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OFFICE OF POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The office of Police & Crime Commissioner does not need to be situated in the existing Police Authority building, a rather grand former gentlemans’ club located in the centre of Hull valued at up to £0.5 MILLION.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first step would be to sell off this luxurious building. I would relocate to somewhere more modest and look to possibly share the premises with a neighbouring organisation. This will reduce the costs for both the Commissioner’s Office and for any partner organisation. A location near the Humber Bridge will ensure the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is readily accessible to people on both the North and South Bank.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The up to £0.5 million of capital released from the sale of the building will be utilised to create a Community Crime Prevention Fund, so freeing up money to cut crime.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>5.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CRIME PREVENTION FUND</strong></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">Using capital from the sale of the office I will set up a ‘CRIME PREVENTION FUND’ </span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">specifically to be used to match fund suitable capital projects brought forward by community groups such as Parish and Town Councils, Neighbourhood Watch Groups, Neighbourhood Networks or Crime Reduction Partnerships. The benefits of this fund could include CCTV cameras, vehicle activated signs, gates and youth shelters.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will continue the excellent work which has been started by community groups and local authorities, including the Fire Service, to divert those at risk of committing crime into activities. This will be a positive benefit to them and to our communities.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>6.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COMMUNITIES WILL NOT LOSE POLICE STATIONS</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">The LACK OF PUBLIC OPENING HOURS of police stations in smaller towns in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire is a problem. </span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">I believe it must always be an option for people to contact the police at a police station during normal office hours. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I am elected as Police and Crime Commissioner, communities will not be robbed of their police stations.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will be looking to SAVE MONEY by sharing buildings and resources with other organisations. I will also be aiming to see revitalised and modernised buildings functioning efficiently and providing the service the public expect in locations convenient for them to access.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>7.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHALLENGING THE CYCLE OF RE-OFFENDING</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A large amount of crime is committed by a SMALL NUMBER of criminals. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Repeat offenders must be confronted rather than being allowed to continue their lives of crime, leaving even more victims in their wake. The authorities largely know who the criminals are. I will support targeting them instead of allowing them to target the innocent.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The services are there to assist rehabilitation with staff ready to help offenders take the steps towards re-joining society. Those who fail to grasp the opportunity to change must face lengthy prison terms to protect the public. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe that the many organisations and especially voluntary groups who are already working to tackle re-offending have put together a good foundation on which to build.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will challenge the police, other public sector organisations and the voluntary sector to continue to develop innovative approaches to address re-offending, such as Hull’s MINERVA project.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>8. </strong><span data-mce-style="mso-spacerun: yes;" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BACKING VICTIM SUPPORT</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year Humberside police referred nearly 19,000 VICTIMS OF CRIME to <em>Victim Support</em> and supported 3,500 witnesses through the courts. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have backed <em>Victim Support</em> by signing up to their five pledges to ensure continued support for victims and witnesses.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be open and accountable to victims and witnesses.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ensure that victims and witnesses get the high quality help and support they need.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make the police more victim-focused and more effective at meeting their needs.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Help victims and witnesses have a louder voice in the wider criminal justice system.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have no hesitation in committing to these pledges but would add one of my own. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘I will endeavour to be a champion for victims and be their voice to ensure their concerns and interests are always heard.’</span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>9. <span data-mce-style="mso-spacerun: yes;" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">YOUTH AMBASSADORS</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The principal role of the Police and Crime Commissioner is to be the BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE, and our young people must not be left out of that partnership.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I shall appoint a Youth Ambassador to ensure young people are not forgotten when the Policing Plan is written. The Youth Ambassador will be responsible for working with existing youth organisations, taking our message into schools whether about drugs, alcohol or internet safety.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will ask the Youth Ambassador to be our ‘Safe Internet Champion’. With Local Authority support, the Stay Safe Online message will be taken into every classroom in the area. But I will not stop there; I will ensure all parents have access to sensible and realistic advice to help their children use online chat rooms and social networking sites safely.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>10.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MAKING IT EASIER TO REPORT CRIME</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will continue the use of INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY to make it easier for local residents to report crime.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The government has launched the 101 telephone number for the public to report low-level and non-urgent matters. We will continue to embrace modern technology including introducing a free smartphone application.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The App can be used to report crime and send in pictures and videos which can be reviewed in the Force Control Room within seconds. It can also be used in reverse; if officers need urgent help in locating someone of serious interest, his or her picture can be sent to every App user and be viewed by thousands of residents in seconds.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>11.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TACKLING ABUSE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting the message across about the dangers of DRUGS AND ALCOHOL will be a start.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Drugs and alcohol abuse lead to crime. We need to further engage with Health Authorities, schools, victims and charities and never stop looking for innovative ways of getting the message across. I will appoint a Youth Ambassador who will play a key role in this field.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>12.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LOCAL BOBBIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will substantially INCREASE the numbers of Special Constables in Northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Special Constabulary is the UK’s part-time volunteer police force with around 350 members of the public working for Humberside Police. Special Constables wear a uniform, carry a warrant card and have full police powers when on duty. I will create significantly more opportunities for people to serve as Specials, working alongside the Neighbourhood Policing Teams in the communities in which they live. They will become our local ‘Bobbies for the 21st Century’ – supporting (not replacing) full-time officers. They will live, work and have responsibility for their villages, neighbouring villages, and specific areas of our towns and the City of Hull. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Special Constables will have a key role in working with Neighbourhood Watch and other voluntary crime prevention groups I want to increase the number and scope of these local community groups.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Humberside Police also work closely with town and parish councils. These local networks will become the eyes and ears for policing within their communities.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want an increase in volunteering opportunities within policing and for members of the public to take on additional tasks that do not require a warranted police officer to perform. This will free officers to focus on front-line policing.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>13.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">INCREASE IN COMMUNITY POLICING</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WORKING TOGETHER is how we reduce crime and the fear of crime. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am totally committed to supporting existing community based groups, such as Neighbourhood Watch, Neighbourhood Networks, Farm Watch and Pub Watch Groups and want to help them to take on a greater role. I will work with Councils, businesses and other organisations that share my goal by contributing funding to help people set up new Community Groups and revive groups that are no longer active.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will also support projects to improve the exchange of vital information about targeting criminals. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will substantially increase the number of Special Constables deployed across the area who will be able to operate in their local communities.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>14.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are in difficult economic times – that’s why every penny we spend must be SPENT WISELY.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will instigate a root and branch review of Humberside Police and look for more efficient ways of working. The savings found by this exercise will be made available for crime prevention and front line policing.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will seek to build partnerships with neighbouring police forces and other agencies to drive down the costs of buying products and services. Effective policing is about hours spent on the street, not behind a desk.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Police & Crime Commissioner I will be relentless in ensuring police officers are out on the beat, not stuck behind a desk doing paperwork.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>15.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COLLABORATIVE WORKING</strong> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">Locating organisations and groups in the same building to WORK TOGETHER will bring many benefits. </span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">By joining together related services from the Police, Health, Probation service and the local authorities, offenders can’t fall through the gaps that can exist between organisations. It is essential that organisations work closely together to address crime and avoid duplication.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my view, the long term future is in ensuring that the police continue to work innovatively with local authorities and other organisations to deliver the best value for local taxpayers.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will therefore support and drive forward a more collaborative approach to be taken by public service organisations in tackling crime, disorder and substance misuse head on, and I will promote the sharing of examples of good practice across the whole area.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>16.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RURAL CRIME</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The theft of livestock, farm plant and machinery, not to mention the impact of rural fly tipping, is a blight on East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire’s RURAL COMMUNITIES. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A great deal of Northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire is rural, yet policing our rural communities has too often been forgotten. I know that crime is a key issue and that tackling crime is a priority for those who live in the countryside. I recognise these concerns and rural residents can be assured that my policing plan will include provision for policing their areas and that their concerns are met.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The impact of rural crime, including poaching, the theft of livestock, diesel, farm plant and machinery, not to mention the effect of fly tipping blighting our East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire’s villages and towns is of great concern. It is my opinion that rural areas have also been targeted by those criminals engaged in metal thefts.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Residents from rural communities must be properly represented on local community groups and partnerships. I will work with representatives from rural communities to reduce crime and make our communities safer.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rural communities must be safe and have the tools to protect themselves. I will help community and Farm Watch groups to make use of low cost technology to monitor those who come into our villages and farms to commit crime. I will set down a firm marker to those with criminal intent that our rural areas will no longer be soft targets for them to exploit.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think policing is most effective when it is carried out by local policemen or women who know and understand the area. I will ensure that special constables are able to work within their own communities.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Rural crime will be taken seriously.</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>17.</strong> <strong data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">URBAN CRIME</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I WILL ENSURE THE POLICE GET TOUGH ON YOBBISH BEHAVIOUR that blights the lives of those living in our urban communities.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vandalism, graffiti, littering and nuisance behaviour are all unacceptable. This type of crime will only increase if we accept or ignore them. These crimes will be resolved where possible using a system of restorative justice but the police will not shy away from prosecution. We should be looking to rehabilitate offenders, but if someone has committed an offence they need to be properly punished.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everyone has the right to feel safe in their own homes and neighbourhoods. Yet thousands of people around the country are still having their everyday lives blighted by anti-social behaviour. It’s time to put victims first.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Community punishments will be made tougher. Victims of anti-social behaviour and low-level crime will be given the right to choose a community payback punishment for the perpetrator of their crime. As Police and Crime Commissioner, I will provide a menu of punishment options so that the victims of crime can choose an appropriate punishment.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><strong><em>I understand the concerns of everyday people. I want to CUT CRIME in your community. That’s why I want to be your Police Commissioner; to PUT VICTIMS FIRST and ensure JUSTICE IS DONE. Unlike others, I will not play party politics with this important role, </em></strong><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><em><strong>and this is why I respectfully ask for your vote on the 15th November 2012.</strong></em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></span></span></span></span><span data-mce-style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Matthew Grove</strong></em></span></span></span></span>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-51599344206345126552012-10-04T10:13:00.003+01:002012-10-04T10:15:23.951+01:00Community bulb planting in Holme on Spalding Moor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The entrance to Holme on Spalding
Moor will look a whole lot brighter next spring when the 8,000 daffodil bulbs
planted over the past weekend grow and come into flower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Parish Council had originally put forward
the idea, and the idea ‘grew’ to include sponsorship and using offenders
serving their community sentences to do the heavy work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a really great example of what can be done when people
and organisations work together, and follows a lot of other good community
driven projects we see in Holme on Spalding Moor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is right that offenders on the Community Payback
scheme are actually seen serving their sentence and their labour is put to
meaningful use – and to see them on the side of the road in their bright orange
vests did exactly that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A big thank you to all those
Parish Councillors, members of the community, the cadets, and young people, who
all came to help plant the daffodil bulbs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sure it's going to make a stunning view to
the entrance of the village next springtime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Appreciation must also go to
Allensway Recycling Ltd who sponsored the display by paying 50% of the cost of
bulbs and Andrew Rhodes Plant Hire for providing the turf cutter and other
equipment free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-64659362374728815222012-08-29T20:47:00.000+01:002012-08-29T20:55:44.969+01:00ERYC solves Gilberdyke drain mystery<br />
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suffering Gilberdyke residents living along the side of the main road through
the village will no longer have to suffer from surface water running off the
road and flooding their gardens during times of heavy rainfall.</span></div>
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been a long standing issue and despite numerous attempts the problem still
persisted, with the route of the drain not being known, having not been mapped
since the village expanded in the 1970s.</span></div>
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one of those cases often found with drains, (and I should know!) that the
logical and shortest route is not always the way drains are installed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One would have assumed that the road drains would
run off into the drain running alongside and eventually discharge into the main
dyke (Far Drain) as it passes under the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, this is the dyke flowing down to the River Ouse into which much
of the water from the M62 discharges as well as the village.</span></div>
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to say, with the help from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s highways and
drainage sections, including a great deal of jetting with a heavy duty tanker
jetter and root cutter the mystery was solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When the drain was installed no connection made to the dyke only a
couple of hundred yards away, but instead the pipe ran away from the dyke to a
manhole at the side of the road where another outlet was found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A surface water sewer had been installed running
taking a convoluted route under various gardens and beneath Hansard Crescent before
joining with the main surface water drain running through the village, which
then of course runs into Far Drain!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The recent rain caused no flooding problems on the road or in the gardens - so both mystery and problem solved!</span></div>
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Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-9549618521033393472012-08-23T16:54:00.002+01:002012-08-23T20:47:35.731+01:00GCSE results show ‘TEAM HOWDEN’ moves forward… again 2012!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students at Howden School
and Technology College have every reason to celebrate today as they achieved
the school’s best GCSE exam results in the school’s history – This was a 5%
improvement on the record set only last summer. This year the students achieved
the following:</span></span></span></div>
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standard’ benchmark of 5 x A* - C GCSE’s or equivalent (Including English and Mathematics)</span>
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the gold standard record that we achieved last year and a 7% improvement on the
5+ A* - C GCSE results.</span> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></span></div>
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put in by everyone connected with ‘Team Howden. </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I would like to congratulate students, staff, parents / carers, governors, community partners and the LA who have continued to work so well together to help us go from strength to strength again this year.</em></span></span></span></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">This achievement demonstrates the good progress that we are making as a school and shows that we are moving ever closer to being the best that we can be.</span> "</em></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a member the of Schools Board of Governors I have seen the hard work that has gone into achieving these results, not just from the students and staff, but from all those connected with the School as part of ‘Team Howden’. Many will recall that Howden School was in special measures only two years ago and these results today clearly show just how far it has moved in such a relatively short space of time.<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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make up Team Howden, but a team is like an orchestra - made of many talented
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Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-51664135540852001812012-08-23T16:17:00.000+01:002012-08-27T18:52:57.448+01:00Working for Matthew Grove as prospective Police & Crime Commissioner for Humberside<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the blogosphere for a couple of weeks, and thanks to the people who sent me
messages asking if I was ‘still around’ – The answer is a most definite yes!</span></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Many people who know
me often ask how I fit everything in – a question I sometimes ask myself!
Although the month of August meant the ERYC was in recess, the Council’s
Licensing Committee on which I sit met, as did the Ouse and Humber Drainage
Board and many of the Parish Councils in Howdenshire.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Much of my time over
the last couple of months has been spent working on the campaign to elect
Matthew Grove as your Police and Crime Commissioner come the election on 15th November.
Matthew and I have many things in common. As well as being good friends, we are
both East Riding Councillors known for being principled and willing to speak up
for the people we represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We both have
very supportive wives and children, we’ve both set up and run our own
companies, and we’ve both found a way of fitting everything in.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">M</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">any ask <strong>“What are Police and Crime Commissioners?” </strong></span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Government is asking the public to vote in
November for a Police and Crime commissioner who will be responsible for
overseeing policing in their local area. This new role is not a new layer of
bureaucracy. Instead, PCCs will replace the unelected and unaccountable Police
Authority which presently oversees policing locally.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div>
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the concept of directly elected officials and have spoken out in favour, and
previously blogged about the importance of PCCs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PCCs will be visible
and directly accountable to the public. In place of bureaucratic control from
Whitehall, police forces will be democratically accountable to local people,
freeing officers from the red tape which often takes them off the streets. In
Humberside this will also mean the PCC being responsible for an £181 million
budget.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Police and Crime
Commissioners will be public champions in the fight against crime. Chief
Constables will remain responsible for operations and the day-to-day running of
forces as they are the experts on policing. However, PCCs will appoint these
Chief Constables and hold them to account for their record on focusing the
local police force on the crime issues people care about. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The election in
Humberside is going to be high profile nationally, and very interesting for us
locally. Matthew Grove is your Conservative candidate, whilst Labour have
chosen none other than the ‘controversial’ Lord John Prescott of Hull as their
candidate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>UKIP’s Godfrey Bloom has also
indicated he may stand and has already thrown a couple of ‘punches’ in
Prescott’s direction. This makes for an interesting and lively campaign, but
ultimately we have to make sure we get a Police and Crime Commissioner who is
equipped to deliver real reductions in crime and antisocial behaviour across
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need someone who can be trusted with managing a £181 million budget,
rather than a national or international politician seeking a platform to
prolong their careers.</span></div>
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has also thrown his support behind Matthew Grove saying; </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"Matthew has always been a
firm believer in justice and strong law and order. As a Cabinet member on East
Yorkshire Council he has proven to be very innovative, and has shown an ability
to cut through bureaucracy and red tape. As such he has never been afraid to
stand up for what he believes in. He has a firm grounding in what is important
to local people, and is determined to champion their causes and fight their
corner. This coupled with his business background means that he will bring a
rare combination of commitment and common-sense to the role of Police and Crime
Commissioner, and he is without doubt the best man for the job."</span></span></div>
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those who wish to know more Matthew's website can be found at: </span><span style="color: #0070c0; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <a href="http://www.matthewgrove.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.matthewgrove.org.uk</a></span></span></div>
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Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-83670163915335008302012-08-17T23:27:00.001+01:002012-08-23T17:03:36.918+01:00Councillor Paul Robinson's response to Gilberdyke tip application<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to the Environment Agency regarding the application by City Plant Ltd to vary
the conditions of the permit under which they currently work under.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am very concerned that City Plant Ltd has submitted
an application to vary the terms/conditions of the permit relating to the
operation of Leatherdog Lane Landfill site in Gilberdyke, an application that
appears to contain so many errors, contradictions and more than anything is
retrospective. Having been party to numerous meetings, chaired the ‘Tip Liaison
Committee’, and as ward member for Howdenshire on the East Riding of Yorkshire
Council (ERYC) I have witnessed first-hand the actions of the operator, the
Environment Agency (EA), the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, and as well as
having listened to the concerns of residents – I therefore think I am more than
qualified to comment on the application to vary the permit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Over the past 18 months or so I have witnessed
the shambolic actions of those agencies supposed to protect residents, and
the way City Plant Ltd have systematically circumvented the planning
consent and the permit conditions, only being brought to heel by
enforcement action by the EA, which in my opinion came far too late.</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It is clear that this application should not be
considered until such a time that a planning consent has been determined
by the ERYC, which will no doubt, if approved, contain legally enforceable
conditions rather than what we have seen previously. I would therefore
suggest that it is imperative that o decision or varying the permit be
taken until planning consent has been obtained.</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The permit should then be totally and legally
compatible with any conditions applied to the planning consent (if given)
from the ERYC.</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Having read the application and sought further
advice I am NOT convinced that a ‘bentonite‘ light weight capping is
suitable for this landfill site, mainly due to the risks of fracture or
tearing as the tip subsides at different rates across the site as a result
of the differentials in compaction and identified rates of settlement over
the 25 year timespan. I have found nothing in the application to reassure
me that the risks have been fully taken into account by the consultants
working for City Plant Ltd. I therefore take the view that a clay capping
would be more appropriate and less risky, and insist that this is included
in the permit. I would also like to see trees planted across the top of
the site. I accept that this would perhaps mean more vehicle movements to
bring the capping clay and topsoil onto the site, but the risks outweigh
the inconvenience.</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The finished height of the tip should not be
above the previously agreed levels of 19.5m – and for clarification this
is the height when the tip is capped off and closed NOT at a time after
that. </span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The priority for all concerned is the timeframe,
I have had it confirmed by City Plant Ltd that the tipping of waste on the
site will be completed by November 2012, allowing 1 month contingency I
would therefore request that a time frame is imposed so that tipping of
waste on the site stops by 31</span><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;"> December 2012. </span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I am not convinced of the landfill gas being
burnt off using gas generators, although this is a better option than
flaring off. I would prefer that the gas be collected and removed from
site to be purified. I could accept a purification plant installed on site
to remove harmful toxins produced by the burning of landfill gas,
providing the risk to residents could be established and independently
verified as being so low so as not to warrant concern.</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I am also not convinced of the proposals for
controlling water pollution into nearby watercourses or dykes. This is
particularly relevant if the site was to split or crack due to
differential of settlement over the coming years. I have concerns that the
steep slopes of the site do not have run off areas and the lack of a dyke
running around the perimeter that is capable of being isolated from the
dykes running alongside the site.</span></span></li>
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such a time that planning consent has been granted by the ERYC.</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The site should be capped with clay and topsoil
and trees planted across the top of the site.</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The finished height of the site must be
part/condition of the permit.</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The timeframe to stop tipping waste must be part
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">No gas generators to be installed unless the risk
to residents is proven to be harmless.</span></span></li>
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</span></span><br />Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-69720036017167702102012-07-24T23:45:00.000+01:002012-07-25T00:08:15.386+01:00Emotions run high at Gilberdyke Tip public meeting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">This past week I was asked to chair a
public meeting to consider the application by City
Plant Ltd to vary some of the conditions in their Environment Agency (EA)
permit to enable the Gilberdyke Tip to be closed, and for the landfill gases to
be used to generate electricity on the site for the next 25 years or so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“The
meeting was very difficult because emotions about this site are, and have been
for a long time, very high.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
probably best summed up by the phrase heard more than once, “The community
feels that it has been raped by the tip operators, who now begrudgingly want to
be seen to be doing the right thing as tipping of waste on the site is
allegedly coming to an end”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many
thought it was all about greed and the obscene amounts of money being made by
City Plant Ltd with scant regard to the misery they have created. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Residents,
who had read the weighty application, had noted a number of inaccuracies or to
put it more bluntly untrue statements in the application.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some were aware, and made reference to the
untrue statements in the 2005 application which have caused considerable
problems with interpreting approvals for heights and volumes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was clear from the meeting that it was in
nobody's interest for this to recur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It
was suggested that it would be appropriate for City Plant Ltd to withdraw the
application so that the document can be considered in more detail and presented
back to the EA in such a way that it is at least consistent throughout, and
carries no obvious errors or contradictions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It
was felt that the authors of the application may want to meet with residents so
that these "anomalies" are bottomed out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Should
the company refuse, then it seems appropriate that the EA should reject the
application on the basis that it is not possible to judge the application
properly in its present form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Considerable
doubt was cast on how the Leachate, Surface Water and Landfill Gas would be
handled on the site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There
was concern about how the landfill gases are to be dealt with over future
years, the options of simply burning off the gas or using is to generate
electricity were both considered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both
methods have the potential to create harm to residents and it was agreed to ask
an Environment Agency scientist to come and answer residents’ concerns about
harmful emissions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Apart
from the environmental concerns about how the gas is dealt with, there was a
very strong feeling that any income from the generation of electricity from
waste that has been unlawfully tipped should flow at least in part to the local
community to try and undo the damage to the villages. This is something that
will need to be handled by ERYC via a 106 agreement. There was a suggestion that
a significant percentage of the gross income from electricity generation be
given annually to Gilberdyke and Newport parish councils.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A
working group of residents was established to look at all environmental aspects
of the application, which will put together a community consultation reply and
communicate concerns directly with the EA and ERYC.</span></div>
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unanimous view of the residents who attended the meeting was that the community
want a capping solution that includes trees to be planted across the flanks and
plateau of the site. They would prefer to include in the mix of species to be
planted on the plateau trees that can have TPO's applied to them to reduce the
risk that the site could be opened up again at any point in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
type of capping was also raised and discussed at length. Concern was expressed
about the use of Bentonite rather than clay, and whether a Bentonite capping
would adapt and not shear or pull apart due to the change of profile as the
mound suffers substantial differential settlement over the ensuing years as the
recently deposited waste settles by perhaps as much as 30% - whilst the oldest
parts of the tip settles by as little as 5%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were fears that if the capping is ruptured it would introduce considerable
leakage of rainwater into the waste pile, causing pollution. It appears that
the City Plant Ltd consultants TerraConsult may well be aware of this. </span></div>
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working group of residents was established to look at the capping and
landscaping to again feed into a community consultation reply.</span></div>
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was confirmed that as well as the application to vary the permit conditions
made to the EA, a retrospective planning application is to be submitted
imminently to the ERYC to regularise the heights and landscaping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Concern was raised that there was a risk of
the two approvals being out of synch. Because the ERYC Officers can only make
recommendations to the planning committee, the position of the council can only
be established by the Planning Committee. Normally planning applications are
determined by the local council in liaison with the other agencies such as the
EA. It was therefore suggested that the sensible route, to avoid a conflict
between the two approvals, must be for the planning application be determined
first and the EA permission must then agree entirely with the limits of the
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Gilberdyke Tip operators City Plant Ltd to vary the conditions of the permit
under which they operate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The reality is that tipping of waste at the site is
coming to an end this was confirmed by Kevin Wanlass of City Plant on Friday,
and again yesterday, who said that the tipping of waste on the site will cease
in some 4 months’ time. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is evidenced by figures provided by the company to
the EA showing that as of last week there is only some 55,000 cubic meters of
void space left to fill. The tipping of capping and landscaping materials will
stop some months after that.The proposals being put forward by City Plant Ltd
are now out for consultation with the local community, who have until 17th
August 2012 (previously 10th August) to respond.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The variation of the permit
will not extend the life of the site. Its main purpose is to show how the
operator proposes to complete the site and bring it towards closure.The
proposals have been communicated to residents via an EA Newsletter delivered to
houses in the area. Although the weighty application document has not been
widely accessible, it is available in electronic form.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">· They want to increase the amount of
waste which they are permitted to bring onto the site every year from 70,000
tonnes to 200,000 tonnes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">· They want to alter the contours of the
site as described in the permit. This would enable them to keep the contours of
the site as they are now. They also want to install gas engines as part of
improvements to the gas management of the site (to generate electricity from
the landfill gas).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The consultation is on the second of the above with
the first, regarding tonnages, being somewhat retrospective as the original
draft proposal was put forward by City Plant Ltd as long ago as last November.
Quite clearly we have seen HGV movements over recent months well in excess of
those expected if tipping was limited to 70,000 tonnes per annum. In fact
vehicle movements to the site have been slowly falling over recent weeks. The
levels of up to 20m that are being asked for are broadly those as of now. These
were enforced by the EA at the beginning of the year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are some new issues
around how the site is to be capped off using a geotextile type bentonite
carpet or membrane covered with topsoil rather than the clay capping and top
soil approved currently. There are also some changes to the landscaping, and
there is the installation of the generators that are to utilise the landfill
gases for the next 25 years or so, all of which I have concerns about and will
be looking for independent reassurances.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The company appear to want to get the
generators up and running as soon as possible to start raking in the cash – it
is my understanding that for them to do this the site will have to be capped
and formally closed off.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In a nutshell it appears the Environment Agency’s
leaflet has created undue concern, when in fact the request to increase the
tipping from 70,000 tonnes to 200,000 tonnes per year is more like a crossing
of the t’s and a dotting of the i’s.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">City Plant Ltd has also confirmed that the
long awaited planning application to regularise the height and contours of the
site and a restorative plan are to be submitted to the ERYC next week. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am
told that both the application to the EA to vary the conditions and the
planning application contain the same facts, figures and drawings unlike
previously, and I hope that this time both can be dealt with simultaneously and
without any contradictions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have a copy of the application submitted to the
Environment Agency by City Plant Ltd which I can certainly email to anyone who
wants it – but please beware this is a long and somewhat technical document.</span></span><br />
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public meeting is to be held on Wednesday 18th July at 7:30pm in Newport
Village Hall to enable a community response to the request to vary the EA
permit conditions be formulated and agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the long standing Post Office in the village closed, this a couple of years
after the village also lost the cash machine when the HSBC refused to reinstall
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Maria and Paul Skelton for incorporating the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Post Office Local</i> facility into their village shop, I looked into
the business case with them and it’s not that they will make a fortune out of
this – especially with the post office counter taking over a significant amount
of space previously used for retail. It’s very much credit to them for giving
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the range of services offered by the recently closed post office, including the
taxing of vehicles – but will be open much longer, so people will be able to
access post office services in the early morning and evening as well as through
the day, and over the weekend too.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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machine facility as part of the deal which compensates for the loss of the HSBC
machine, unfortunately this will not be available to HSBC customers – which
seems to be another good reason for North Cave residents to switch from HSBC to
a bank where they can get cash from a machine in their village. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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North Cave, well done to the residents and all those who supported the shop in
taking on the Post Office – we have seen a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Post
Office Local</i> established in nearby Eastrington during the last 18 months
which is continuing to grow, and I see no reason why this will not be the case
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Riding of Yorkshire Council ward of Howdenshire, stretching to 15 separate
parishes is geographically one of the largest in the county, and it does take a
bit of getting around. Many will know that over recent months I have been on a <i>‘journey
of enlightenment’ </i>travelling over 2,300 miles on my trusty steed
(pictured). Most of which has been over bridleways, tracks and trails, only
using the roads to join them up.</span></span></div>
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two months I have taken this one step further and ditched the car and truck as
much as possible for council business and pedalled around the area to Parish
Councils, School Governor meetings, wind farm meetings, and appointments with
residents, admittedly sometimes arriving a little windswept and dishevelled not
to mention unconventionally dressed in a day-glo shirt, tracksuit pants and
trainers (although I’ve always changed into a clean shirt in order maintain a
little elegance!) however, it has certainly provoked many interesting comments,
many of them referring to the state of roads and bridleways, potholes,
& puddles, which of course I now see at close quarters!</span></span></div>
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all this means I’m fitter and healthier, but additionally I have not claimed
the same mileage as when using the car – This has resulted in my last month’s
travel expenses plummeting to the lowest ever for a normal month – which is a
saving to the East Riding Council tax payer.</span></span></div>
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don’t worry, fear not, I’m not turning into some sort of eco warrior and will
not be changing my views on so called ‘green’ issues – I’m just enjoying being
fitter and inadvertently saving the East Riding taxpayers money in the process.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcoming Matthew Grove, Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner candidate for Humberside to Howden show. Almost everyone we spoke to said <em>"anyone but Lord John Prescott and that they wanted a <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Police Commissioner for
the whole area not just for Hull"<o:p></o:p></span></span></em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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</span>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-20012906863017889832012-07-03T11:36:00.001+01:002012-07-03T11:37:47.336+01:00Wind farms on 3 sides of Spaldington - some perverse joke?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RWE nPower renewables took the opportunity to hold two
consultation exhibitions over the weekend, at Spaldington and Holme on Spalding
Moor, where they displayed their plans for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">River Valley</i> scheme - a large wind farm consisting of 8 x 126m high
turbines proposed to be built at each side of the River Foulness, between
Spaldington and Holme on Spalding Moor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is the third application for a wind farm near
Spaldington. The 5 x 126m turbine <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spaldington
Airfield</i> site has already been approved at appeal by the Government’s
Planning Inspector against the wishes of the community, and the East Riding of
Yorkshire Council’s Planning Committee. Fortunately the 7 x 126m turbine <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spaldington Common</i> scheme was thrown out
by the Inspector, but the developer is thinking about resubmitting a two or three
turbine application for the site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
wind farms on three sides of the village – “is this some perverse joke?” as
someone said at the exhibition!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Having had dealings with the other two Spaldington wind farm
developers – I think it is fair to say that RWE nPower renewables are head and
shoulders above the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have at
least tried to engage with residents and the Parish Councils, and I certainly
feel they have listened to what I have said regarding distances between
turbines and properties - there is no turbine planned to be located within 750m
of houses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On talking to people at the Holme on Spalding Moor exhibition
the response was very mixed as one would expect, although I think people were
impressed by the quality of the displays and the amount of information
presented, particularly with the 3D modelling showing views from all angles and
elevations, and from all properties.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This may well be the best application of the three, being
further away from properties and residents of Spaldington and Gribthorpe not
having to drive through turbines to get home – but the cumulative impact of
having turbines at each side of the village is going to be a serious issue, and
for me is unacceptable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Before submitting a planning application I hope the company
takes on board what they were being told at the exhibitions, particularly about
access, and improves the scheme accordingly, but also looks to be more creative
in how the community can benefit especially linking to other projects around
the River Foulness and creating bridleways and paths aimed at boosting local
tourism.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would rather them just go away - but we have to live in the
real world, and although I will find it very difficult to support another wind
farm in Howdenshire and particularly near Spaldington, I know it will be tough
to go against the so called National Interest and EU dictat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-43455310106182358072012-06-21T21:09:00.000+01:002012-06-22T08:47:47.488+01:00Minimum distances between wind turbines & houses - A missed opportunity in East Yorkshire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Some 18 months ago I
presented a motion to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council asking the Council
to, “</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">undertake a
review of its ’Interim Planning Document on Renewable Energy’, which could
include minimum distance criteria between wind turbines and sensitive land uses
such as residential dwellings, rights of way and roads”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was approved at the meeting of the full
Council.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I followed this up with
a question to the Leader of the Council almost exactly a year ago asking for an
update on progress, and also yesterday when I again asked for an update.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Unfortunately the responses
to my questions both yesterday and a year ago indicate that the ERYC officers
have done very little regarding my original motion, which is frustrating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">he answer is still the same, “This may be included
when we eventually produce the ‘Core Strategy’ for development in the East
Riding”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s fine, but in the
meantime many of our rural communities will be decimated by having large wind
farms constructed overly close to their properties.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What is very
trying is that the original motion came as a result of a number of
conversations with the Council’s team of Barristers, expert witnesses and Planning
Officers during and after the Sixpennywood wind farm appeal public inquiry,
which was unfortunately lost and developer <i>Your Energy</i> given the go
ahead to construct 12 x 125m high turbines on a site between Howden and
Gilberdyke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is particularly ironic
that it was these conversations precipitated the suggestion that I put forward
the motion in the first place as they 'lacked this vital tool in their armoury.'</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Needless to say, in
Howdenshire work is progressing on the Sixpennywood site, but more alarming, is
that since this site was approved others have followed and we now see access
and community fund issues being formally discussed around the approved 5
turbine Spaldington Airfield site, the approved two turbine Gallymoor site is
moving ahead, plans are in the pipeline for a large 8 turbine wind farm at the River
Valley site between Spaldington and Holme on Spalding Moor, and the applicant
of the already once refused plan for the Spaldington Common site is looking at submitting
an amended scheme.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If ever there was an
indication of the need for the planning guidance I’m asking for it was last
year, in the process leading up to, and when the Spaldington Common Wind Farm
application was thrown out by the Planning Inspector at appeal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The inspector confirmed that the wind turbines
would have been far too close to, and would have created a negative and overbearing
impact on nearby properties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This showed
quite simply that there is a limit to how close to properties wind turbines can
be built.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the lead up to the appeal the
ERYC Planning Committee had refused this application even though the Council’s
Planning Officers had recommended approval.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If robust guidance had
been in place firstly would we have seen this application and secondly, even we
had the application would the Planning Officers have instead recommended refusal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A recommendation of refusal, would have been
much easier to defend at the Public Enquiry, and the officers would have been
in a position to the use their abundant skills in putting forward some of the
evidence, which would have no doubt saved the Council a significant amount of money
by not having to employ very expensive consultants/expert witnesses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-19835513812581412972012-06-08T17:33:00.000+01:002012-06-08T20:23:16.217+01:00Spaldington Composter fails in attempt to bring more stinking waste into area<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span></o:p></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Great news for Spaldington! An
application by a local agricultural composter at Ivy House Farm near the Water Tower,
to remove planning conditions that would allow him ‘to increase the type of
stinking waste he can take in’ was unanimously thrown out by East Riding of
Yorkshire Council Planning Committee. This was against the recommendations of
the Council’s Planning Officers.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Spaldington resident Kath Westin
spoke on behalf of the community describing vividly the foul smell which often
engulfs the village. As their Howdenshire ward Councillor it was a pleasure for
me to sum up and speak in support of Spaldington and Eastrington residents. I
pointed out that to allow more animal bi-product waste streams, such has flesh
from the tannery industry onto the site </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">would have
a serious adverse impact on the living conditions of nearby residents with
respect to odour, and it was in conflict with both national and local planning
policies. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The applicant’s agent didn’t bother
turning up for the meeting.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I felt this application was almost
exactly the same as one </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">refused by the Planning Committee in 2008 – which was
subsequently appealed by the Composter, but the Planning Inspector came down on
the side of the Committee in upholding their decision. The planning inspector
had said “Planning policies</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> indicate that the likely
impact on the local environment and on amenity should be considerations when
determining planning applications for waste management facilities” and that “it
may be appropriate to use planning conditions to control aspects of the
development, including impacts such as odour, where these impact on
neighbouring land uses and sensitive receptors”. The Inspector also stated that
he considered the present conditions to be “reasonable and necessary, and
sufficiently precise to be enforceable.”</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Many of you will recall I presented a
motion to EYRC on the agricultural composting industry, leading to a detailed
examination by the then Environment and Transport Overview and Scrutiny
Committee in March 2008. (for more information please click <a href="http://paul-robinson-howdenshire.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/east-riding-of-yorkshire-council-review.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a>
). Since then we have seen a great improvement in practices of many composters
throughout the East Riding – unfortunately I don’t feel we have seen much
improvement in this composter’s operation. Quite simply Ivy House Farm stinks,
it has for a number of years – and depending on which way the wind blows - so
does Spaldington and Eastrington, and I failed to see that bearing in mind this
composter’s operation stinks now with the present limits on what he can take in
– imagine what it would have been like if he had been given carte blanch to
bring anything and everything onto the site.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who is the regulatory body supposed
to protect residents when it comes to the potential nasty effects of
agricultural composting of animal bi-products? – It’s the Environment Agency.
Many will know that I’ve witnessed first-hand just how poor they are when it
comes to regulating composters (and also a particular landfill site) – I
certainly wouldn’t and can’t believe that any resident would want to leave it
solely to the EA to protect Spaldington or Eastrington from the smell of death
(as described by one of the Planning Committee members). I stressed that I
wanted the ERYC to continue to play its part (and its duty) in regulating this
site through the planning conditions already in place. This point was taken up
by members of the Planning Committee in support of the refusal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There had been 50 letters of
opposition to this application which clearly showed people are sick of the
smell created by this site as it is – I cannot imagine the impact on them if
this was to have been made worse had planning consent been given.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Well done and many thanks to
residents, Spaldington Parish Council and particularly the ERYC Planning
Committee members for seeing this application for exactly what it was, and
throwing it out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-83441339542503580742012-06-01T10:57:00.001+01:002012-06-01T22:00:32.848+01:00My Council expenses for 2011/12<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After being
re-elected to serve the people of Howdenshire once again in May of last year,
and after a very different, but immensely satisfying and productive year as an East
Riding of Yorkshire Councillor – as part of my commitment to openness and transparency
- the time has come for me to once more publish the expenses that I have
claimed during the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following
details all the monies I have received during 2011/12.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have received
my basic councillor allowance of <strong>£10,711.00
</strong>plus an additional allowance of <strong>£310.23</strong> which was for a short period
where I was as Chairman of the Goole and Howdenshire Local Action Team at the
beginning of the year. <em>(these
payments are subject to tax and national insurance).</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><em></em></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I have
again driven approximately <strong>3,000</strong>
<strong>miles</strong> as
a Councillor, many of which have been to evening meetings, in addition to the
daytime meetings at County Hall and other places, I am able to reclaim expenses to cover the
cost of travel when on council business and during the year I have claimed and
received total of <strong>£1,450:00</strong> for which detailed claim forms and receipts were submitted.</span></div>
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also entitled to an IT allowance to purchase computer equipment over the 4-year
term of office, and an annual IT maintenance allowance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year I was only paid my IT maintenance allowance
of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">£143:00</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I have
claimed <strong>no expenses for
food or subsistence</strong> whatsoever, as I would not ask the taxpayer
to feed me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Looking
back over the past year, there have again been many weeks I have worked over 40
hours in my Councillor role. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As many of
you know I represent Howdenshire, which is one of the largest wards
geographically in the East Riding that stretches to 15 Parishes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As a
further measure of the work as a Councillor, I have <strong>received over</strong> <strong>4,230 emails</strong>
(excluding the junk emails) and <strong>sent 1,728</strong> from my personal Councillor email
address in the past year (both of which are up on previous years). This is in
addition to the large number of phone calls and letters.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I
stated earlier that I was Chair of the Goole and Howdenshire Local Action Team
(LAT) at the beginning of the year - before being removed from the position by
the Leader of the Council; but the LAT was replaced by the Goole and
Howdenshire Community Partnership before the end of the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Chairman of this new body became an
elected position rather than an appointed role (it also became unpaid), it was
therefore particularly satisfying to be elected to chair the new Partnership by
the partners represented and representatives of the Parish & Town Councils in
Goole and Howdenshire.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have
been immensely proud and privileged to have worked with some fantastic people
over the year, including residents, Parish Councils, community groups, fellow
Councillors, Council & partner officers, businesses and voluntary sector
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The year has not been without its
frustrations particularly around such things as the Gilberdyke Tip and wind
farm companies, but conversely I have been able to achieve much in helping residents
and others in my role as an East Riding of Yorkshire Councillor - which
continues to be immensely satisfying.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-65734864313212174532012-05-28T20:37:00.004+01:002012-05-28T20:37:36.917+01:0099.8KCFM - 'I Love East Yorkshire Campaign' visits Howden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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afternoon I stopped off in Howden to meet up with local East Riding Radio
Station <a href="http://www.kcfm.co.uk/">99.8KCFM</a> as part of their ‘I Love East Yorkshire Campaign’. It was a
pleasure to do interviews on subjects such as; the wonderful place that is
Howdenshire, the Gilberdyke Tip and the value of local pubs to our rural communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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always a great day to visit Howdenshire. <em>(pictured with Sam Heywood and the KCFM team)<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-85664815590206346352012-05-27T15:01:00.000+01:002012-05-27T15:07:49.933+01:00A ‘mistake’ blamed for gross over-tipping on Gilberdyke Landfill site<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Spin, glossy photographs,
breath-taking arrogance, errors and shocking confessions when confronted by the
media and residents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>This was the
Gilberdyke Landfill exhibition (public consultation event) held by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tip</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">operators</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place> Plant Ltd last
Thursday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this was the Tip owners
attempt to win over public support, then it completely backfired, especially
when City Plant consultant and company front man Kevin Wanlass stated that the
over tipping on the site to levels twice the permitted height was simply a mistake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This incredible revelation was recorded and
duly aired on Look North (see below).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So then, it all comes down to ‘a mistake’, a mistake that has made the
faceless Directors of City Plant Ltd an absolute fortune - a fortune the
majority of Gilberdyke and Newport residents can only dream about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Money made through a cynical manipulation of
the system, and shocking inaction by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council
(ERYC) and particularly the Environment Agency (EA) as the two bodies that
should have protected those residents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the eyes of many the ERYC and the EA have been at worse complicit and
at best lacking courage, both having rolled over and allowed this whole sorry
saga to continue, month after month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is clear the ‘mistake’ was made quite soon after City Plant Ltd
became interested in the site. The single glaring question that needs to be
answered is, when the ‘mistake’ was realised why did they not stop and take immediate
action to rectify the situation?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People are not stupid and the authorities should not treat them as
such. The question residents rightly want answered is why, even after a
‘mistake’ was made, was the tipping of thousands upon thousands of tons of
waste permitted to continue and the Company Directors allowed to make obscene
amounts of cash?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is not acceptable for the Company to come forward with the feeble
attempt at an apology that we saw on Look North; I simply do not believe that
the City Plant ‘unintentionally’ broke the planning conditions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did they uncap previously capped off areas
of the tip to add more waste – was that an accident too? We all know what the
height condition was in the planning approval – I’ve chaired enough tip liaison
group meetings with City Plant, ERYC Planners and the EA where the height of
the tip and volumes of waste entering the site was discussed at length and I
had stated that a compromise had to be reached where tipping of waste had to
stop as soon as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to
say, we have seen very little compromise from City Plant Ltd as they continued
to rake in the cash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we are now to see a retrospective planning application submitted to
the ERYC to allow the finished area of the Tip to remain at its present height,
whilst allowing waste to be tipped until the remaining void space is deemed full
at some time between November 2012 and Feb 2013. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some would say this is planning through the
back door and ask why it has been allowed to happen.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not only is the Tip height greater than the
planning consent, the profile is very different; the approved shape was for
gently sloping sides to a relatively small top, but what we see now in
something akin to Ayers Rock with steep sides and a large top. It does not take
a genius to work out that this change of profile is a result of over-tipping gargantuan
amounts of waste. The planning consent deals specifically with the visual
amenity of the site (i.e. what it looks like) therefore the ERYC legal people
have some questions to answer as to why this has been allowed to happen, and
why enforcement has not been forthcoming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was this a result of a ‘mistake’ too?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The recently coined noun ‘omnishambles’ is
one that springs to mind in this particular context.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To conclude on a positive note, the exhibition did include a timescale
for the completion of the tip – tipping of waste would stop between November
2012 and February 2013 and capping and restoration completed by November 2013.
So no more massive waste lorries entering the site after next February, and no
more tipper wagons carrying restorative materials by November 2013 – a belated
and small relief to the long-suffering residents of Gilberdyke and Newport. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">City Plant Ltd, the operators of the controversial landfill site between Gilberdyke and Newport are to hold an exhibition or ‘Public Consultation Day’ where they are to display their future plans for the tip. The exhibition is to be held between 2pm and 7pm tomorrow (Thursday 24th May 2012) at the Newport Village Hall.<br /><br /> The exhibition is to include information on, scheduled timescal<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">es for completion of the tip, the phased plan, capping, restoration, surface water plans, gas management and future installations.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I certainly welcome this change of approach from City Plant Ltd. but feel it is way too late in the process, with the horse having well and truly bolted leaving in its wake stink, litter, mud, excessive HGV movements and a community feeling somewhat abused by the Company.<br /> <br /> The overwhelming feeling within the communities of Newport and Gilberdyke is that they have suffered enough, they have been let down by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Environment Agency, and in not knowing when it was going to end - had to endure something akin to a prison sentence without the chance of parole. Residents just want to see the tip completed and capped off, and a suitable gas management system installed as soon as possible, and if this exhibition serves to reassure residents that this will happen sooner rather than later, it can only be a good thing.<br /> <br /> I therefore urge as many people as possible to attend the event, look at and listen to what City Plant have to say, but most importantly put forward their concerns and questions. As chairman of the Landfill Site Liaison Committee I plan to there for most of the time to listen to what is said.</span></span></div>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-38679153807245978762012-05-21T18:54:00.001+01:002012-05-22T08:41:43.182+01:00River Foulness & Market Weighton Canal feasibility study moves ahead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>The Market Weighton Canal north of Newport</em></div>
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I am very pleased to be involved in an exciting feasibility study to look into the better utilisation of the environment of the Market Weighton Canal and River Foulness watercourses, after which it is hoped the findings will be used for developing future proposals and bring in funding to develop, improve and increase the use of the canal and associated pathways. </div>
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<br />The project follows on from the award winning Wallingfen Way scheme in the Howdenshire villages of Gilberdyke, Newport and North Cave, and dovetails very well with the Holme on Spalding Moor heritage project.
The Market Weighton Canal is an under-appreciated watercourse running from Market Weighton south to the River Humber at Broomfleet that has remained largely dysfunctional apart from for land drainage and some limited fishing since it was closed to navigation in 1971. </div>
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<br />An Act for the building of the Canal was passed in 1772. The original purpose was to drain the surrounding wetland of Wallingfen and provide a navigation channel and open up the area for farming. The work started in 1777 and was completed in 1780 - the surveyor for the project was James Pinkerton. During the construction of the Canal clay was found and so a thriving brick making industry began in the area. Grain, coal for the brickworks and bricks and tiles were transported along the Canal, market boats sailing regularly between the Canal Head, Market Weighton and Hull, calling at Broomfleet lock, until the late 1860’s.
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<br />I was born at Faxfleet and the Canal and the Broomfleet lock both provided a source of adventure during my childhood, and needless to say still does as I regularly travel the pathways and tracks alongside the Canal, and cross the lock on my mountain bike.
The River Foulness runs from land north of Welham Bridge and joins the Canal north of Newport.
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<br />The process of the study will be to identify and consult with the community, potential partners and organisations and include a range of site surveys, detailed liaison and community consultation activities to build consensus over the waterway’s future management and purpose. This will include establishing a set of agreed objectives and priorities to balance the multiple benefits and a series of actions to develop their natural, historic and recreational potential, whilst ensuring key drainage and flood management functions are maintained. </div>
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<br />It will also be important to establish who needs to be involved and how they would participate in future actions.
Undertaking this study will add value to both watercourses by helping to improve their utilisation but not conflict with the systems statutory flood management and land drainage functions, and to attract visitors to enjoy the waterways and their environs in a way that takes into account, develops and celebrates their significant environmental and heritage qualities. </div>
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<br />It is important to recognise the potential benefits to the local rural economy, including that of pubs, shops and restaurants through increased tourism, and improved health through the likely increase in walking, cycling, and perhaps even kayaking.
The study will also include the recording and preservation of appropriate archive information to explain the historic importance of the Market Weighton Canal’s listed structures, in explaining the reason for their existence, their role in the history of the canal, their importance both regionally and nationally or their relationship with the surrounding natural environment. </div>
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<br />There is also a desire to strengthen the linkages between the canal and the communities of Newport, Broomfleet and Holme on Spalding Moor to increase appreciation and engagement with the waterway.
The objectives of the study are to identify and engage with local people, groups and organisations through a programme of consultation activities, such as meetings, workshops and surveys for those interested to discuss and gathering views and opinions, and increase awareness and understanding of the cultural, heritage and environmental importance of the waterways.
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<br />The study is to also to identify opportunities for people to become involved in helping to shape the future plans for the watercourse area and to participate in future conservation, and uses of the waterways and environment through increased recreational use/visitation of the waterways and how they can be developed into a sustainable community asset that will encourage all users to spend longer and appreciate them more. It is important to identify how a sense of community ownership of the waterways by increasing their use by a wide range of local users and ensuring their long term sustainability can be achieved.
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It is also proposed to look at effective linkages to the wider local environment and projects such as the North Cave Wetlands, Trans Pennine Way, Wolds Way, Wallingfen Way and the Holme on Spalding Moor heritage project.</div>
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Look out for more information on future local consultation events.</div>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-69073485730459757392012-05-13T12:11:00.001+01:002012-05-23T21:15:07.933+01:00East Riding Council teams up with Pub in the Hub<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have previously blogged regarding the value of pubs to life in our villages and the effects of changes in lifestyle and drinking habits, alcohol pricing, the economic downturn and the ‘Tescofication’ of the high street has had on our pubs. This is why I’m particularly pleased that the East Riding of Yorkshire Council is forming a partnership with the <a href="http://www.pubisthehub.org.uk/">Pub in the Hub</a> initiative with the aim of supporting the development and sustainability of rural public houses in the East Riding.
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The Pub is the Hub is a not for profit advisory organisation that was initiated by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as president of Business in the Community, and it is affiliated to his rural action programme. The Pub is the Hub is sponsored by the brewing industry and can call upon a wide range of expertise to support its work.
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The aim of the Pub is the Hub is to encourage local authorities, communities, licensees, pub owners and breweries to work together to support, retain and locate services within rural public houses. The service offered by the Pub is the Hub can include advice on existing businesses and how to diversify in order to offer other services from the public house.
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Diversification examples across the country include:
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* Shops or post offices operating within the public houses
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* Adult education classes
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* Health initiatives such as health clinics
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* Crime prevention initiatives
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* Libraries
* Advice services
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* Allotments in pub gardens
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Though not part of its core activity, the Pub is the Hub is also able to advise on community buy outs of local public houses though schemes such as community share ownership.
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<br />The Council held an initial meeting with representatives from the Pub is the Hub at which it was recognised that many of the rural public houses in the East Riding are facing difficult times. The meeting agreed that promoting the Pub is the Hub would be of benefit to these rural businesses and that as a first step data should be collated to identify key licensees and communities to be invited to take part.
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The Pub is the Hub has agreed to commission the collection of data from industry sources which will identify potential businesses requiring support through knowledge of sales, rents and other costs.
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<br />The Council’s Rural Policy and Partnership Team are in the process of collecting and collating data from the Data Observatory and Community Led Parish Plans which will identify community needs and possible services that could be developed added at a particular location.
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As Councillors we have been asked to provide any additional information by drawing on our specialised knowledge of the area and the businesses within it. (Fortunately I do know many of the pubs in Howdenshire!)
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As soon as the data has been collated a further meeting will be held with the Pub is the Hub and the information will be used to plan a Pub is the Hub launch event which will be held in late June/early July. This event will be targeted at key rural public houses and their communities. It is then planned that a series of workshops be developed for licensees and communities wishing to work together.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkimi8r6SOLKqYM8oA473caZ7va31MWAwAYAXVwT66-hMIjSbrFrtk22UxxS-_4LSFP3n3sdwNeOZEZWKYvyuMcPOfPDMklPfLL6v7nHwPJacm-4jheQbVbT3z6qShK6cpAqrig/s1600/DSCN3430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkimi8r6SOLKqYM8oA473caZ7va31MWAwAYAXVwT66-hMIjSbrFrtk22UxxS-_4LSFP3n3sdwNeOZEZWKYvyuMcPOfPDMklPfLL6v7nHwPJacm-4jheQbVbT3z6qShK6cpAqrig/s320/DSCN3430.JPG" width="303" /></a>I welcome this partnership being developed between the Council and the Pub is the Hub initiative will provide much needed additional support to the rural public house businesses in the East Riding.</div>
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Needless to say I will be visiting a number of Howdenshire’s pubs over the coming weeks to get a feel for the issues they face – something that readily fits with my commitment to riding parish paths, trails and cycle-ways on my mountain bike! <em>(Pictured with Eddie Payne landlord of the Hope and Anchor in Blacktoft)</em></div>Paul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.com1