Monthly Archives: September 2009

Hedon Police Local Crime Mapping update for August 2009

Posted on September 9, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Local Crime Mapping

The average number of crimes in the South West Holderness Ward has decreased from 92 to 58.7 (36.2%) compared to the same three month period last year.

See the  Local Crime Mapping service on the  Humberside Police website.

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Two public meetings relevant to Hedon in East Yorkshire

Posted on September 8, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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Two key evening meetings take place this week open to interested members of the public.

The Public Police Forum takes place on Wednesday in Thorngumbald and the HOTI public meeting takes place on Friday.

Keep an eye out in the 2. Events section on the right-hand side-bar of The Hedon Blog.

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East Riding News: Local Jobs for Local People

Posted on September 6, 2009 by | Leave a comment

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s September issue of East Riding News comments on the authority’s efforts to promote local jobs. Council leader Stephen Parnarby explains that the council has to abide by EU regulations on procurement but within that framework is doing everything it can to encourage jobs for local people in building and construction.

Local contractors are reputedly leading on 13 major projects including school improvement schemes, but where building contracts are carried out by national firms then the council requires them to invite local firms to quote for sub-contracting work.

I am fully in favour of these efforts to create local jobs and encourage external companies to spend money locally, however I cannot help having twinges of guilt that this “importing” of local jobs is at the expense of others i.e. perhaps it “exports” employment to other areas…..?? However I am comforted by the fact that these are new jobs that would otherwise have not existed.

What are your views?

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View local planning applications on East Riding Council Website.

Posted on September 5, 2009 by | 2 Comments

DESPITE being a regular online browser of information on the East Riding of Yorkshire Council website I am still discovering new facilities.

One of the most obvious ways to get the most out of the council website is to click myeastriding and put your post code into the search box. You then have nine options to find out local information. Whilst “my events” delivered sparse results for Hedon, the search for “my planning” was altogether more productive.

I found two interesting planning applications; one for the erection of a cafe/bar at Johnson’s on Thorn Road Corner and another for the building of a 420 place school building at Inmans Primary School following the demolition of the existing building.

You can even give your own comments about planning applications online.

Give it a go! Click the image above or go to www.eastriding.gov.uk/

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Hedon Town Council Annual Report

Posted on September 1, 2009 by | Leave a comment

HEDONANNUALREPORTINFULL_coverThe Hedon Town Council Annual Report 2008-2009, in a move that will certainly increase its circulation and readership, is now available online from the Town Council website.

It can also be downloaded as a PDF file from the Hedon Blog at Hedon Town Council Annual Report.

The Report contains an overview from the town Mayor and reports from the Finance and General Purposes, Property, Planning and Watercourses Committee.

There are also reports from the Town Council representatives to the Humber Councils, Yorkshire Water and BP forums.

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