The next meeting of the Planning Cttee is on:

25th June at 6pm, City Hall.

For the Agenda and previous Minutes, please click:  http://194.72.162.210/documents/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-1695

The application at 63 Bouverie Avenue is on this Agenda.  Please click here to go direct to the applications:  http://194.72.162.210/documents/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-21737/Item_No.06_-_Planning_Applications.pdf 

The first meeting of the Salisbury City Council, will take place on:

Monday 15th June at 6pm, in the Guildhall.

The public are very welcome to attend.

For the Agenda, please click: http://www.salisburycitycouncil.gov.uk/index.php/about-the-council-link/4-about-the-council/28-minutes-and-agendas

The Liberal Democrats have taken control of the new Salisbury City Council.

The LibDems won 12 of the 23 seats up for grabs in the June 4th election, with LibDem City Councillors in most of the Wards across the City.

The Tories have 8, Labour 2, & 1 Independent.

The Harnham result for Wiltshire Council was a follows:

Brian DALTON  745

Tory  668

UKIP  206

Many thanks for those who gave me personal votes.  Without this, the Tories would have washed out Harnham too.

For the full Wiltshire results, please click:  http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/elections/electionresults/electionresults09.htm

Both myself and Cheryl have been elected to the new Salisbury City Council.  Unfortunately our friend & colleague Andy Thomson was pipped by a Tory, as the third councillor for Harnham.  For the full results, please click:  http://www.salisburycitycouncil.gov.uk/

Can i please just write a personal message to all Harnham Residents, many who i have met, over the past few weeks whilst campaigning around our streets.

The results of the Wiltshire Council & Salisbury City Council elections will appear here shortly.

An ICM Opinion Poll for the Daily Telegraph, puts Labour in third place, behind the LibDems.

The National Poll show the LibDems on 25%, the Tories on 40% and Labour on 22%.  Click here to read the report:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5412679/Disaster-for-Gordon-Brown-as-Labour-falls-below-Lib-Dems-in-new-poll.html

Locally, the LibDems are far higher in %age terms.  Labour are no-where and Tory votes appear to be collapsing.

Please click this link to the Salisbury Journal to read the story.  More will appear in their paper on 4th June:  http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/salisbury/salisburynews/4404192._Pro_Tory__ballot_form_angers_voters/

Polling Station locations have changed for many Harnham Residents.  Some due to the boundary change and many others because Harnham Junior School is no longer being used.  As a rule of thumb, if you used the school in the past, your Polling Station will now be at:

Communal Room, Norfolk Rd (Cul-de-Sac end).

If you used the Harnham Free Church, then this is probably the same as before.

Some properties in Old Blandford Rd appear to have been moved to the Free Church.

Please check your polling card!  Your Polling Station will be printed on it.

If you need a lift to your Polling Station, please call:  0790 555 0154 anytime between now and Polling Day itself.

The Tories have published in their leaflet that they had nothing to do with the Harnham Boundary split.  What utter rubbish!

• It was the Tories who pushed through the Unitary bid, against local views.
• It was the Tories who refused my request for a referendum on the Unitary council.  Somerset did and 83% said NO.
• It was the Tories here in Salisbury who proposed the Boundaries for Salisbury City, thus splitting Harnham.
• Tory councillors at county hall then forced through this proposal, which split Harnham
• It was a member of the Tory cabinet who ‘ran off’ down the corridors of county hall with an officer of the council, to ‘cherry pick’ streets out of Harnham, to try and make their proposed Harnham division smaller.
• They refused to listen to me at the meeting, when i stated that their proposal for St Martin & Cathedral was too big.  It has in fact turned out to be too big!  It is approximately +17% above the permitted variance allowed by the Boundary Committee, who also did not listen to many local Residents who had objected.
• The Boundary Committee accepted the proposed Boundaries put before it, which were of course drawn up by the Tories and pushed through by them.

Just why are the Conservatives in denial?  Because they don’t want you to know the truth.  But Harnham Residents know better and were involved in the process and many wrote in and objected.

Please click to see the Minutes of the County Council where this was discussed last year.  They clearly show that the meeting was adjourned TWICE, whilst i was speaking trying to defend Harnham and pointing out facts that they did not like – hence the adjournments!  http://194.72.162.210/documents/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-19094/Minutes.doc

Apologies for the length of this, but i feel as a Harnham Resident myself, the Tory rubbish needs correcting!