Issue - meetings

The North Evington Ward Councillors will provide an update on the issues they have been dealing with in the North Evington Ward.

Councillors stated that they had objected to the planning application for the recycling facility on Bridge Road, but in spite of their objections the application had been approved. The Councillors were very disappointed with the decision and had hoped that the site would have been used to provide an extra facility to complement Spence Street Sports Centre or used for parking.

The North Evington Ward Councillors will provide an update on the issues they have been dealing with in the North Evington Ward.

·         Councillor Khote and Councillor Osman informed the meeting of a proposal/ planning application that North Evington Ward Councillors had received to use the Bridge Road site (former recycling/ waste centre) to relocate a vehicle recycling centre (end of life centre for vehicles).

·         Jos Johnson – Facility Manager for Pubic Health/ Spence Street Sports Centre requested that the site could be used for some type of leisure activity centre and that it was important the residents considered how the site could contribute for quality of life.

·         Councillors encouraged residents to express their views on the planning application no.20170432 for the Bridge Road site.