Hospital poll: your views
Our poll on the future of the site has now closed, for the time being.
Answers were really quite interesting with Outpatient services vying with minor surgery for top spot. Close behind came a polyclinic with multiple doctors’ practices and a gym or health club.
In the early stages of the poll there was almost no support for a primary school on the site. But support for this has grown quite dramatically since the recent publicity about the Borough’s primary place shortage.
There was very little support for placing other community or council services on the site and almost none at all for affordable housing.
Brighton Road bridge works
RBK Highways has just sent the following info regarding the railway bridge wich crosses Brighton Road:
Growing support for parents’ school petition
The e-petition is now approaching its century – it has so far attracted nearly 100 signatures.
Helen Whately is listed as the principal petitioner. Her son George will be needing a place himself in a few years time.
There is some indication today that the powers that be in RBK are sitting up and taking notice as the Children’s Services Directorate has told us that it is creating new reception places for September 2009 in the following local schools:-
| Maple Infant School* 30 | ||
| Tolworth Infant& Nursery School | 30 | |
| Christ Church C of E Primary School* | 30 | |
| St Matthews C of E Primary School* | 45 | |
| Knollmead Primary School | 15 |
Council tax set to rise by 3.2%
Despite the action of London Mayor Boris Johnson in freezing the GLA precept on the Kingston Council Tax at its 2008-9 level, the Lib- Dem Administration will still propose a 3.2% tax rise for 2009-10.
But for Boris Johnson’s action the rise would have come out at 4%!
This is the likely outcome of next week’s Budget Council, which will formally approve the CT rate for the forthcoming year. This is still above the average expected rate of increase nationwide which is about 3%.
The budget proposals were subjected to careful scrutiny last night by the Conservative-led Scrutiny Panel. One big expenditure item not in last year’s budget but in this year’s, is the £600,000 subsidy to the Rose Theatre.
Dates for Sunrise
The Sunrise enquiry will resume on 18th May and could last until 21st May
How do you like it?
You’ll notice we’ve changed our appearance. Hope you like the change. Do let us know whether you find this easier to work with and more pleasing to the eye than the old layout.
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