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17 October – Women & Local Democracy Week. Talk hosted by Women’s Equality Group, HEREFORD

Posted on 3 October 2018

Ellie Chowns will be one of the three speakers Starts at 7.30 pm Kindle Centre, ASDA, Hereford RSVP to womensequalitygroup@gmail.com […]

Herefordshire Council votes unanimously for green vision!

Posted on 13 August 2018

Ellie Chowns wins cross-party support for proposal setting out green principles for £40 million investment On 13 July 2018 Herefordshire County Councillors voted unanimously in favour of Ellie’s motion for a ‘Sustainable Development Partnership’. The decision shapes the strategic direction of £40 million of Council investment in new housing and industrial sites – the biggest […]

Ellie Chowns Councillor news 24 June 2018

Posted on 26 June 2018

My next informal ward surgery will be on Monday 2 July from 10am to midday at Storridge Village Hall (NOT 25 June as previously advertised). I’ll be at the Cradley Fete on Saturday 30 June of course, so if you’re not able to come to Storridge on Monday week, do catch me in Cradley this […]

Ellie Chowns councillor news 12 June 2018

Posted on 13 June 2018

Last week I spent half a day looking at road safety issues in the ward with Ian Connolly, who is the Traffic Management Advisor for the West Mercia Police Safer Roads Team. Issues we discussed (with site visits) included: 1. Extending the Fromes Hill 40mph speed limit further west to the laybys – we did […]

Ellie Chowns – Councillor news 28 May

Posted on 30 May 2018

Last Friday’s Annual Meeting of Herefordshire Council (25 May 2018) approved various positive changes to the Constitution. One very good set of changes will improve the process for public questions: the word limit per question has been doubled to 140, the six-questions-per-person-per-year limit has been changed to one-question-per-person-per-meeting, and responses to questions will now be […]

Ellie Chowns – Councillor news 1 May 2018

Posted on 2 May 2018

First of all big thanks to everyone who helped with newsletter distribution recently – great to have you as part of the team. I held another surgery in Cradley last week – non-stop visits from residents for 2 hours; really good to meet so many people. Lots of issues raised regarding highways; I’ve followed up […]

Ellie Chowns – Ward surgeries

Posted on 15 April 2018

On 26 March, I held my first ‘ward surgery’ at Bishops Frome Village Centre. This was a bit of an experiment. Many thanks to Godfrey, Tony and Robin who came along for a chat and a cuppa. We inspected some potholes and drainage issues in the village, and collected a bagful of litter while we […]

Potholes and other road issues

Posted on 2 February 2018

Potholes and other road-related issues are high up my list of priorities at the moment, as residents often contact me about them. I have to admit I’m rather frustrated that we still don’t have a Balfour Beatty (BBLP) locality steward for the ward – I’ve got an ever-growing list of issues to take up with […]

Ellie Chowns – Budget concerns

Posted on 1 February 2018

My first full Council meeting was last Friday, and it had a full agenda: setting the 2018/19 budget (including the proposed 4.9% rise in Council Tax) and approving the Capital Programme, as well as approving the continuation of the Council Tax reduction scheme. I voted for the latter, but did not feel able to support […]

Highways – resurfacing woes, and safety improvements

Posted on 31 January 2018

I met the Head of Highways, Clive Hall, last Friday, which was very helpful. One of the things we talked about was learning lessons from the A4103 resurfacing road closures in autumn 2017. Clive explained some of the background (including the delays due to the unexpected General Election purdah period), and I made two main […]