In support of localism

I WAS recently asked what Councillor Carl Maynard, the leader of Rother District Council, meant when he said: 'It is important that the Local Development Framework is distilled down to the lowest level.'
By The Newsroom
Published 15th Jul 2011, 09:00 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:35 BST

I laughed and said I hadn’t a clue. I was, however able to offer my friend a glimmer of hope, that in the future, such “Rotherspeak” may become a thing of the past.

Listening to Greg Clark, the Decentralisation Minister, talking on the radio last month about localism, one was given a possible vision of a bright new future in which East Sussex County Council takes on some of the services Rother is already amalgamating with other councils to provide, and local issues are left to a parish or town council.

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This would, of course, mean that Rother District Council could be swept away altogether! The aims of the Localism Bill are to encourage locals into activism, and to engage with local communities.

This is clearly what town and parish councils could achieve, giving towns and villages alike more control over their environment.

So, in anticipation of a bright new future: Vivre the Revolution! Vivre Town and Parish Councils!Vivre Localism!

CAROLE WOODLAND

Cooden Drive

Bexhill-on-Sea

Related topics:East Sussex County CouncilBexhill-on-Sea