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Representatives from Severn Trent Water, South Staffordshire Water, The Drinking Water Inspectorate and The Environment Agency will be present. The main items on the agenda will include a presentation from Severn Trent’s new Managing Director and the Drinking Water Inspectorate will present the findings from their Annual Report on drinking water quality over the past year.

In accordance with the provision of the Water Industry Act 1991 and the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960, the meeting will be open to the public. A copy of the agenda will be available at the meeting or in advance from the address above.

WaterVoice Central has been established by the Director General of Water Services to represent the interests of customers receiving water and/or sewerage services from the following companies: Severn Trent Water Limited and South Staffordshire Water Pic.

Lee Newman
Regional Manager

First Floor. Chanelle House. 86 New Street. Birmingham B2 4BA
Telephone – Office: 0121 644 5252. Fax: 0121 644 5256 Local): 08457 023953. Minicom: 0121 625 1422 Email: central@watervoice.org.uk

Area Highways Office
Development Services Directorate
Midland Grain Warehouse
Derby Street
Burton-upon-Trent, DE14 2JJ
E-mail: area1maintenance@staffordshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 01283-508528

I am shortly to begin works on a footway resurfacing scheme at the above location. The work will involve laying a new kerb line along each side of the carriageway then resurfacing the whole length also a small drainage scheme will be constructed to remove isolated flooding.

The Contractor for the works is Staffordshire Highways. The works are planned to begin approximately the week commencing 27th June 2005 and last for approximately 7 weeks. Due to the width of the carriageway it will be necessary to work under temporary traffic control to satisfy the Health and Safety Regulations and on the 1st August the road known as Ashbrook Lane will be closed to all through traffic during the evenings approx times 6pm to 6am during these times the carriageway will be resurfaced.

During the operation a wide range of construction machinery will be in use directly outside of residential properties. I would like to take this opportunity to advise you to exercise caution when exiting properties directly onto the construction area

I apologise in advance for any inconvenience or disruption the works may cause and ask for your co-operation. If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me on the above telephone number or ask for my assistant engineer, Roy Carr, who will be supervising the works.

Richard Rayson
Divisional Engineer, Burton

Staffordshire County Council is changing the way it plans for future quarries and waste treatment sites and we want you to get involved!

We are going to produce a Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) which will set out the opportunities for people to get information and how you can make your voice heard.

We want to get as many people as possible involved. We need to reach the right people and use the best and most convenient ways to reach you.

If you want to find out more about the SCI or would like to register your interest in the consultation process now is your chance!

To find out more please visit our website at http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/planning or send us your name, address, e-mail and telephone details to:
Statement of Community Involvement Staffordshire County Council Riverway Stafford. ST16 3TJ.
Tel: 01785 277275 or 277271 or
e-mail us at: planning@staffordshire.gov.uk

The following press release was issued by East Staffordshire Borough Council on 27 April 2005:

East Staffordshire Borough Council (ESBC) has been considering an application for planning permission, submitted by ABEnergy Ltd, in November 2004, to build seven wind turbines at Bagot’s Park near Abbots Bromley in East Staffordshire. The target timescale for the process of reaching a decision on the application, set by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, is 16 weeks from the date the submission is formally registered.

In assessing the Environmental Statement, which supports the planning application, the Local Planning Authority will require further information and clarification from ABEnergy on a number of issues. This means that it will not be possible to determine the application within the permitted timescale.

As a result, ABEnergy has agreed to withdraw the application in order to clarify some of the points raised by ESBC and supply the additional information required.

Alan Wood, Head of Development Services at ESBC says: “The Council did not have the information necessary to properly process this application within the statutory timescale. It has therefore been agreed that the applicants withdraw the application in order to provide the additional information we require to make a full and detailed assessment of the proposed development.

“The applicant’s co-operation is helpful as this allows more time for the consideration of the proposals. We anticipate that the applicants will resubmit a further application in due course to enable the Council to reach a decision within the statutory timescale.”

Keith Albrow of ABEnergy added: “I am not aware of a planning authority in the country that has determined an application for a wind farm within the statutory timescales. When Mr Wood explained the Council’s position it was clear that the only way forward was for us to respond positively to the Council’s request for a withdrawal at this stage. We have set ourselves a timescale of two months, the middle of June, for re-submitting a fresh application.”