News relating to all Herefordshire
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council North Herefordshire
13 June 2018 by
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 […]
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30 May 2018 by
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 […]
Big Green Conversation Herefordshire Council
19 March 2018 by
At De Koffie Pot, Hereford. 7.30 to 9.30pm Our four busy and effective Green Party county councillors will talk about life on the council. Come find out about how they are making Herefordshire Greener. Includes discussion about the local elections in May 2019 and getting more Green representation on the council.
Hereford & South Herefordshire Herefordshire Council Transport
15 March 2018 by
The consultation closes on Tuesday 20th March. An exhibition of bypass routes and possible improvements to support for cycling, walking and public transport will be open at Hereford Library on Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Monday 19th March Background information about the Bypass, and an on-line consultation response form is on the Council website here. […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council streets Transport
2 February 2018 by
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 Herefordshire Council Public services
1 February 2018 by
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 […]
31 January 2018 by
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 […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council
23 January 2018 by
Other news from the past week: I’ve completed my official induction – lots of useful briefing meetings with officers from all parts of the council, although rather surprisingly not with anyone from Highways, which is one of the issues that ward residents contact me about most often. So, I’ve arranged my own meeting with the […]
22 January 2018 by
Today I went to a briefing on Hereford’s planned new University, www.nmite.org.uk, given by Prof Janusz Kozinski, the CEO. It’s an ambitious plan – to create a completely new, engineering-focused University, with a project-based, problem-solving approach to teaching and learning. As a University teacher myself (currently working at the Uni of Bath) there’s lots about […]
25 November 2017 by
A remarkable result, representing a 14% swing from the Conservatives who had held the seat in 2015 in a two way contest. Ellie Chowns, Green Party: 471 Conservative: 299 Lib Dem: 251 Labour: 19 Herefordshire now has FOUR Green County councillors. Reactions: Caroline Lucas tweeted: Absolutely brilliant news! Huge congratulations to the wonderful Ellie Chowns […]
Elections Herefordshire Council
20 October 2017 by
Ellie Chowns is our candidate in the Herefordshire Council by-election at Bishop’s Frome & Cradley on 23 November. Ellie first contested the seat for the Greens in May 2015 as the sole challenger to the Conservatives. She said: “I gained a very encouraging share of the vote in the last local election and people have […]
Elections Herefordshire Council North Herefordshire
16 October 2017 by
The by-election follows the recent resignation of Conservative Councillor, Patricia Morgan. Ellie’s message to all ward residents: *I will back you up at every turn. I have the right skills to serve you well. I have over 20 years of experience in representing people whose voices were not heard when I worked for charities. Our […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council North Herefordshire Transport
From Dr Ellie Chowns (Green Party), Bishop’s Frome & Cradley Ward 16 October 2017 Dear Councillor Johnson, Re: Road closures for resurfacing work on the A4103 I will shortly be a candidate in the Herefordshire Council by-election at Bishop’s Frome & Cradley and I have been busy talking to residents about their concerns. Without a […]
Elections GVS Hereford & South Herefordshire Herefordshire Herefordshire Council
9 September 2017 by Green Party Admin
Jeremy Milln polled 10% of the vote in the 7th September by-election and came fourth, beating Labour. Conservatives slumped from 1364 votes in 2015 (66% of the vote) to 254 (24%). Jeremy said, “To everyone who voted (or considered voting) Green at the Golden Valley South by-election on the 7th September thank you. We did […]
Big Green Conversation Diana Toynbee for Hereford Education Ellie Chowns for North Herefordshire GE2017 Hereford & South Herefordshire Young Greens
28 April 2017 by Green Party Admin
Hereford Sixth Form students from three political persuasions inspired a crowd of attendees at De Koffie Pot this week with their hopes for the future. Mock Election candidates Anna Ricks (Green) and James McClelland (Communist) were joined by Campaign Managers Lily Andrews (Green) and Henry Jenner (Labour) to talk about their recent election campaign, what […]
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Elections Herefordshire Leominster News North Herefordshire Topics
24 March 2017 by Green Party Admin
Trish Marsh has won the Leominster South seat on Herefordshire Council with a large majority over her nearest rival. Now holding three seats, the Greens are a bigger force than the Liberal Democrats in Herefordshire. With a reputation for hard work and positive ideas, the party is increasingly confident of further gains in Leominster, Hereford, […]
Fair votes Herefordshire Topics
17 March 2017 by Green Party Admin
Following a well attended Big Green Conversation at Left Bank, a cross-party campaign group on proportional representation is being formed and it’s first meeting is on Monday 20th. With 100,000 people now having signed the petition, this issue will now be debated in parliament. We want to raise awareness of this in Herefordshire, and make […]
Climate change Energy Herefordshire Topics
25 February 2017 by Green Party Admin
A Herefordshire business has benefited from the first Business Energy Efficiency Programme, set up to help lower running costs and promote energy efficiency. Caplor Energy, based in Fownhope, is the first business in the county to be awarded the grant. The company was awarded £12,236 for an innovative energy storage project to capture energy from […]
Herefordshire Housing Topics
23 February 2017 by Green Party Admin
The Hereford Community Land Trust was formed in 2016 and is part of a national network of local Land Trusts. We are actively seeking more members who have an interest in local affordable homes for others in the city or for themselves. It is important that we build up membership to give weight to the […]
Herefordshire Leominster News Town and Parish Councils
5 February 2017 by Green Party Admin
The Green Party has accused the Conservative leaders of Herefordshire Council of leaving towns and parishes “in limbo” after blocking a Green move to ease a parish-level funding crisis. The council approved a 1.9 per cent increase in council tax (on 3.2.17) but rejected a budget amendment by Green group leader Jenny Bartlett to raise […]
Herefordshire Topics Water
26 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
Green Party Councillors have asked Herefordshire Council to look into pollution levels in the Upper Lugg river, where average levels of phosphates are seven times the limits set by the Environment Agency. ‘This is incredibly worrying,’ said Felicity Norman. ‘Such a serious breach of acceptable pollution levels could have a massive impact on future development […]
Comment Diana Toynbee Health and NHS Herefordshire Topics
10 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
With patients being asked to stay away from Hereford A&E, and dying after hours left in corridors in Worcester, local healthcare is in crisis. Hereford hospital is too small, its management recently taken over by South Warwickshire, a move which Jesse Norman MP said in November ought to be halted while consultation took place. I […]
Herefordshire
3 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
Our new Facebook page has reached 999 likes. Help us to make 1,500 by June 2017 by looking through your friends list and inviting people you think might be interested. You can do this from the page using the button on the right. This would be a great help and will increase the audience for […]
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 […]
