Just a couple of things that may be of interest 1 Sainsburys have submitted a planning application to expand their store at Winnersh crossroads.  It isn’t a massive change, but does mean a slightly bigger store which will take up some of the existing parking spaces.  So they are looking to add extra parking on […]

The Lib Dems in Wokingham did a lot better than the Lib Dems in a lot of places. In the local elections we lost one seat, held 2, one of which was mine, and came close to gaining 2.  In Emmbrook we lost by just 11 – having been 900 votes behind last time.  Overall, […]

Quite a lot has been happening, but being in the middle of a local election campaign, it has been hard to find the time to update this site.  So, better late than never, here are three pieces of recent news: 1  The news that Sainsburys are not interested in the supermarket planned by the council […]

The Highways Agency has announced its intention to turn the M4 into a “smart” motorway for the 31 miles between J3 and J12.  A smart motorway is one where you can drive on the hard shoulder and there are variable speed limits.  An existing example is the M42. The cost of the project is estimated […]

On April 2nd we held a public meeting at the Methodist Church  to present our alternative ideas for regenerating Wokingham town centre.   If you couldn’t make it, you can see a version of my presentation by clicking Lib Dem Regen presentation The audience of 80 people returned a total of 62 feedback forms, which were […]

We’re holding a public meeting for everyone interested in Wokingham town regeneration: Wednesday 2nd April,  7 pm – 9 pm, Methodist Church, Rose Street, Wokingham At the meeting we will tell you about the Lib Dem ideas for regeneration and give you the chance to feedback what you think of them.  We are also keen […]

Just a few bullet points as this is a very busy week: 1  I have been running a survey on the left hand side of the page. It’s still active, but the results so far are:  30% no building at all on Elms Field, 13% just get on with it, but the clear winner so […]

Just wanted to post something short about the Lib Dems’ approach to the Wokingham Borough Council budget this year.  The Wokingham town centre regeneration creeps in towards the end – but it is such a large part of the council’s spending plans, it was kind of inevitable I had to mention it when talking about […]

At the Wokingham Borough Council budget-setting meeting tonight, I launched the Lib Dem alternative scheme for the Wokingham town centre regeneration.  And now we want to know what you think. Here are the ideas, in brief.  There is a lot more behind each bullet point, but I didn’t want to post 10 pages.  We are […]

Wokingham Borough Council’s plans for the Elms Field area include 151 dwellings, of which 8 are flats next to the proposed hotel on Denmark Street, and 31 are flats above the proposed retail units next to the supermarket.  The rest are houses and flats on Elms Field itself or the Paddocks car park. If a […]