Category: Gypsies & Trevellers
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Review of 2019
29th December 2019The year 2019 is coming to a close with an almost mirror image of the end of 2018. In 2018, I entered the year as an Opposition backbencher on Basildon Council, with a Labour-led alliance in power, only for the Conservative Group to regain administration in May and the new Leader of the Council, Cllr…
- 'Basildon Borough Alliance' (Labour-led coalition)
- Advice Store, The
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon & Billericay (constituency)
- Basildon & Billericay Conservative Assoc
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Business Group
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay Community Cinema (BillericayCine)
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay High Street
- Billericay Swimming Pool
- Brexit
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Economic Development & Growth Cttee. (now disbanded)
- Essex Chambers of Commerce
- Essex County Council
- Essex Police
- European Union
- FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Con, Rayleigh & Wickford)
- General Election
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- Infrastructure & Inclusive Growth Committee (now disbanded)
- Innovation Warehouse
- JAVID, Rt Hon Sajid, MP (Con, Bromsgrove)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Con, Uxbridge & South Ruislip - Prime Minister)
- Labour Party
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa (Lady), MP (Con, Maidenhead & fmr Tory PM)
- METCALFE, Stephen, MP (Con, South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- National Health Service
- Office of Budget Responsibility
- Palm oil
- Parliament, Houses of
- PATEL, Rt Hon Priti, MP (Con, Witham)
- Pride Teams (Basildon Council)
- SELEP (South East Local Enterprise Partnership)
- Uncategorised
- Unemployment
- Wat Tyler County Park (Pitsea)
- Withdrawal Agreement
- Zombie Parliament (2017-19)
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Illegal Encampments
7th February 2018Once again, we find our community blighted by illegal encampments. On Monday 29th January a group of caravans pitched up at the car park on Hannakins Farm Community Centre in West Billericay. Billericay West councillors were immediately in touch with Basildon Council officers and the Essex Countywide Traveller Unit (ECTU) and kicked off the whole…
- ACPO (Assoc. of Chief Police Officers)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay West (ward)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Criminal Justice & Public Order Act (1994)
- Dale Farm
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- Essex Countywide Traveller Unit
- Essex Police
- FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Con, Rayleigh & Wickford)
- Government
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- Hannakins Farm
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- Hovefields (Wickford)
- Illegal Encampments
- Labour Party
- METCALFE, Stephen, MP (Con, South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- Planning Committee
- Policy & Resources Committee
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The inaugural meeting of the Regeneration & Environment Cttee
13th July 2017Last night was the first meeting of the new Regeneration & Environment Committee – one of the four new service committees brought in by the Labour-led Coalition under their new Committee System, which replaced the Leader and Cabinet model. It is chaired by Cllr Alan Ball (WI, Wickford Castledon). The meeting was an embarrassing farce…
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Town Centre
- Billericay (town)
- BROWNE, Lorraine (fmr Basildon Council officer)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Essex County Council
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- Local Highways Panel
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- Pitsea Regeneration
- Regeneration & Environment Committee
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- Wickford (town)
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Full Council – 06.10.16
10th October 2016I start with my customary apology. I have not had time to blog for a while and I never got around to writing up the July meeting of Full Council but I want to write up the meeting of Full Council held Thursday night. MAX WHITLOCK The evening started with tributes being paid to Olympic…
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Billericay School
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- Brexit
- BROWNE, Lorraine (fmr Basildon Council officer)
- BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's & Mayor of Basildon)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Crime
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- Essex County Council
- Essex Countywide Traveller Unit
- Freedom of the Borough
- Gambling Act (2003)
- Government
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- Harlow Borough Council
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HIRST, Roger (Essex Police Commissioner)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Ab Ind, Wickford North)
- Housing & Growth Scrutiny Committee (now disbanded)
- Illegal Encampments
- Infrastructure & Community Scrutiny Committee (now disbanded)
- Joint Standards Committee
- KANE, Chf Insp Shaun (Essex Police)
- Labour Party
- LAZARUS, Roland (Billericay resident)
- Local Plan
- Localism Act (2011)
- Members' Question Time
- MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- Police & Crime Plan
- Public Question Time
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Veolia Environmental Trust
- Veolia North Thames Trust
- Veolia UK
- WARD, Stephen (fmr. UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- WHITLOCK, Max, MBE (Freeman of the Borough)
- Wickford Independents
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Annual Meeting – 26.05.16
6th June 2016As usual, I must apologise for the length of time it has taken me to write up the Annual Meeting of Basildon Council, which took place on Thursday 26th May, just over a week ago. It does sometimes take me a while to find the time to sit down and put pen to paper (or,…
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ARCHIBALD, William (late Labour cllr for Fryerns)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- Basildon Borough Council
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- BROWN, Cllr Adele (Lab, Fryerns)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CARRION, Jose (fmr UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- Essex County Council
- FERGUSON, Frank (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Green Belt
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Ab Ind, Wickford North)
- Independent Group (Smithites)
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- Labour Party
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- Local Elections
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- Planning Committee
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
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Basildon Borough Budget 2016
22nd February 2016Apologies that is has taken me over a week to pen this blog about the budget-setting meeting of Full Council on Thursday 11th February but I have had a lot on. The meeting was preceded by an extraordinary meeting of the Council to vote on a proposal from the Deputy Mayor – Cllr Danny Lawrence…
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Heritage & Museum Group
- Basildon Sporting Village
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay Town Council
- BINGHAM, Stuart (snooker player, Freeman of Basildon)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- BROWN, Cllr Adele (Lab, Fryerns)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- Citizens' Advice Bureau
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Council Tax
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- Daily Mirror
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- Employment & General Purposes Cttee (now disbanded)
- Essex County Council
- Freedom of the Borough
- GIBBS, Dr Phillip (UKIP candidate)
- GORDON, Lynda (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Government
- Grammar Schools
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- Hannakins Farm
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)
- Housing Revenue Account
- Independent Group (Smithites)
- Joint Standards Committee
- Labour Party
- LAKE, Desmond
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- Le GRESLEY, Nigel, JP (fmr. UKIP cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- Local Budget
- MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Marketing & Communications
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- Members' Question Time
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- Part-Night Lighting
- Public Question Time
- Range, The
- Royal Anglian Regiment
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- Sempra Homes
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- WHITLOCK, Max, MBE (Freeman of the Borough)
- Wickford Independents