It has been a busy time recently in the council and things are only likely to get more busy!
The town centre is looking very good right now, as anyone who has been past it in recent weeks will have noticed, and I have been assured by the developers that despite the recession, they expect the development to be finished soon and up and trading well in time for Christmas.
The new town centre is more important now than ever. The town centre will bring jobs, it will bring investment and it will bring more visitors into the centre. It will revive the nightlife of the town centre and act as a deterrant to crime. In short, it will be the ideal antidote to all of the set backs that Farnborough has faced as a result of the national economic mess we are in.
In the council's Development and Control meeting on Wednesday I spoke in favour of a motion that will allow the developers to delay their contributions to local leisure and ammenities development under their section 106 obligations. We are still going to insist on the payment of this money but this is exactly the sort of pro-business, common sense measure I am happy to support in the short run to ensure that we get the town centre we have all been waiting for for so long.
The motion passed unanimously.
The next update will not be so long coming!
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Welcome to my blog!
This is the blog of Gareth Lyon- Councillor for Empress Ward in Rushmoor.
I was elected in May 2008 and am actively involved in a number of committees and task and finish groups in council. I also work closely with my fellow councillors David Clifford and Brian Parker to represent the views of the people of Rushmoor.
I am a Christian Libertarian Democratic Constitutionalist and have been a member of The Conservative Party since 1997. I believe it is important to work across all political divides to do what we can to make people's lives better in any way we can.
I was elected in May 2008 and am actively involved in a number of committees and task and finish groups in council. I also work closely with my fellow councillors David Clifford and Brian Parker to represent the views of the people of Rushmoor.
I am a Christian Libertarian Democratic Constitutionalist and have been a member of The Conservative Party since 1997. I believe it is important to work across all political divides to do what we can to make people's lives better in any way we can.
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