Live Stream
In September our schools will be opened and all pupils must return to compulsory education. How can parents feel confident that their children can return to school safely and what steps are headteachers taking with the advice of the LEA to enable this to happen?
To discuss this topic, I will be joined in the studio with a panel of parents organised by Rock the Cotswolds. And on the zoom conference call, I am delighted to welcome Charlotte Jones the Acting Director of Education for Gloucestershire County Council and three local headmasters.
If you have questions relating to the theme, please email or ask your question during the live stream on The Barn Facebook page or other platforms such as the Cirencester Chamber of Commerce Facebook page
The session will be filmed and live-streamed from the Barn Theatre where the production crew will be strictly adhering to government guidelines on social distancing.
Where to watch:
The Cotswold Conservatives Facebook Page, the Cirencester Chamber of Commerce Facebook page, Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown’s Facebook page and the Fairford and Lechlade Business Club Facebook page will all be hosting the stream.
PUBLIC MEETING
THE COTSWOLDS
FLOOD RESILIENCE
An opportunity for residents of Bledington, South Cerney, Cerney Wick, Siddington, Cirencester, Fairford, Lechlade and Moreton-in-Marsh to hear and ask questions of the continued flood resilience work taking place and to speak with officials from the County and District Councils, Parish Council, Thames Water and the Environment Agency about ongoing issues.
PUBLIC MEETING
Friday 5 March 2021
1030-1245
VIA ZOOM ONLY
Please email Bettertonj@parliament.uk if you wish to participate in the call and also include any questions or concerns you would like to have discussed. I will then forward the Zoom invitation.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
Planning White Papers
I have submitted my responses to the two planning consultations: “Changes to the current planning system’ and “Planning for the future’.
These planning changes are one of the most significant events to affect the Cotswolds since WWII. I think that both papers contain positive proposals, in our case commitments to protect the AONB. The proposal to abolition Section 106 and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) should speed up the planning process and it is important that the money is retained locally so that the infrastructure can be built at the same time as the development.
Too often we see a development being built long before the supporting infrastructure, which I know can cause significant issues for existing residents. The proposals to simplify and speed up local plan-making and retaining neighbourhood plans where possible are welcome, in that design codes can be specified so it should be possible to protect our unique Cotswolds vernacular.
I spoke in the planning backbench business debate on the 8 October and called for a change to the algorithm the Government uses in its planning White Paper which fails to take account of local variations and concentrates all new house building in the south-east and central south of England.
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