Will Wirral Council spend £8.4 million on buying the Europa Buildings in Birkenhead?
Will Wirral Council spend £8.4 million on buying the Europa Buildings in Birkenhead?
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Who are the 6 candidates in the Claughton byelection (election of a councillor to Wirral Council)?
Who are the 6 candidates in the Claughton byelection (election of a councillor to Wirral Council)?
Councillor Denise Roberts’ death triggered the Claughton byelection
The nomination period is over and the six candidates in the Claughton byelection (for the election of one councillor to Wirral Council) are as follows (this list is alphabetic by surname).
EVANS David Robert Cynlais
22 Brancote Road, Claughton, CH43 6TJ Liberal Democrat
Nominated by Doyle, Francis M
HEYDON Liz
4 Quaile Park, Prenton, CH43 6WA Green Party
Nominated by Morgan, Michael P
JONES Beryl Rosina
108 Douglas Drive, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 6BY UK Independence Party
Nominated by Gray, Peter
SINCLAIR Barbara Vera
24 Frankby Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6EE Conservative Party Candidate
Nominated by Owens, Rowland
WHEDDON Leon Allen
26 Desmond Close, Wirral, CH43 9XN Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Nominated by Lee, David
WOOD Gillian
74 Vaughan Road, Wallasey, CH45 1LP The Labour Party
Nominated by Davies, George
The election of a councillor to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council will be combined with the poll for Metro Mayor. Polling day is 4th May 2017 (most people still vote at a polling station), although people registered for a postal vote may receive their ballot earlier than this.
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EXCLUSIVE: When did Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service request a new screening opinion for controversial Saughall Massie greenbelt fire station?
EXCLUSIVE: When did Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service request a new screening opinion for controversial Saughall Massie greenbelt fire station?
Land off Saughall Massie Road Saughall Massie 13th December 2016 SAVE OUR GREEN BELT SAY NO TO THE FIRE STATION banner
Last week Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service applied to Wirral Council for a screening opinion for land off Saughall Massie Road it wants for a new fire station.
Screening opinions do not go through the normal planning application process as there is a legal requirement that they area dealt within weeks. In response to a screening opinion request last year Wirral Council deemed the greenbelt location was not “environmentally sensitive”.
Although plans for a fire station are opposed by the local Conservative ward councillors in Moreton West and Saughall Massie ward, Wirral Council’s Leader Cllr Phil Davies has made his support for a fire station at this greenbelt location public.
Cllr Phil Davies represents Birkenhead and Tranmere ward. In 2015, the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority chose to transfer land to Wirral Council valued at £250,000 to £325,000 for a nominal sum for a youth club called the Hive Youth Zone. The Hive is expected to become operational later this year in a marginal Green/Labour seat.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service’s former Deputy Chief Executive Kieran Timmins previously offered Wirral Council the land for the Hive Youth Zone in Birkenhead a land swap for the land the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service wanted (then in Greasby). Although this offer was not taken up.
Following public opposition at Greasby the land (owned by Wirral Council) was withdrawn by Wirral Council. A planning application just before Christmas for the land at Saughall Massie was turned down by a 7:6 vote of councillors.
If a planning application for a new fire station at Saughall Massie is approved, Wirral Council look set to gain an estimated £300,000 windfall from the sale of the land. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service have received a £1.5 million grant from the government towards the costs of the fire station merger proposals on the Wirral.
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