News from Hereford & South Herefordshire constituency and council ward areas
Central Ward Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics Transport
26 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
Residents in Hereford city are being urged to take part in a city wide travel survey. The survey results will be used to make sure the council’s transport model for the city remains up to date.Hereford is undergoing an unprecedented period of change and regeneration; the data captured will ensure the council’s transport modelling is […]
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Big Green Conversation Fair votes Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics
Great turnout for a fabulous evening at Left Bank with Klina and Joe from Make Votes Matter, looking at what’s wrong with our electoral system and how we can put it right. We welcomed a number of Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters as well as Greens and those of no affiliation! Interesting to see the […]
Central Ward Hereford & South Herefordshire
18 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
A planning application to demolish historic cottages built by John Venn on Kyrle Street will be turned down by Herefordshire Council, officers say. The Masonic Housing Trust had applied to demolish the two existing dwellings to facilitate redevelopment of 9 residential apartments with associated car parking, cycles and refuse stores. A number of objections had been received, […]
Fracking Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics
16 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
Herefordshire Against Fracking are organising a protest outside Barclays in Broad Street, Hereford, on Saturday 21st from 11 until 12. They would welcome support in explaining the risk to the Wye Valley from fracking. All welcome to De Koffie Pot afterwards.
Big Green Conversation Fair votes Hereford & South Herefordshire Rob Hattersley Topics
9 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
An innovative Hereford discussion cafe event is hosting a top campaigner with Make Votes Matter, the national fair votes alliance, on Wednesday 25th January at 7.30pm. Klina Jordan will be at De Koffie Pot to lead a discussion on different voting systems and how reform could ensure everyone’s voices are heard. Entry is free and […]
Climate change Cycling Health and NHS Hereford & South Herefordshire Rob Hattersley Topics Transport
The news that Herefordshire Council has again failed to get funding to progress a bypass should make us all stop to think. Do we want to solve our traffic problems right now, or would we prefer to suffer another 20 years in traffic jams as we wait for them to find the money? Most of […]
economy Health and NHS Hereford & South Herefordshire Public services
3 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
Come along for an upbeat evening workshop exploring the realities behind austerity on Wednesday 18th January at 7.30pm. This session will be presented by Charles Grimes of Positive Money, and is the first of the new year’s Politics & Ethics evenings at De Koffie Pot from our friends at Herefordshire Green Network. Every Wednesday evening […]
Hereford & South Herefordshire
Suppose you were put in charge of Hereford, Herefordshire or the Marches. What would your New Year resolutions be? Refreshments including local ales and ciders, pieminister pies and scotch eggs available downstairs in De Koffie Pot cafe. For more information, phone 07858 750936, email Perry@openupuk.org This is organised by Hereford Talk Shop (and not the […]
Hereford & South Herefordshire Herefordshire Topics Transport
22 December 2016 by Green Party Admin
Marches LEP and Herefordshire Council are pressing ahead with their scheme to build Hereford’s north-south bypass, including a new crossing of the river Wye to the west of the city. They applied to the Department for Transport for funding (c £1.9m) to help develop the Outline Business Case and the planning application. The application documents […]
6 December 2016 by Green Party Admin
Members of green groups in Herefordshire, including Greenpeace and the Green Party, leafleted shoppers in Hereford last Saturday on the controversial issue of Fracking. Fracking is used to extract shale gas [1], and has recently been given the go ahead in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the face of very vocal opposition from local people, councils […]
