Westbury Hill Car Park
(Page Updated October 28th)
In September, the Council returned to the issue of introducing charges to their car parks.
Our previous councillors, Geoff Gollop, Steven Smith and Sharon Scott had always supported the view that such charges would have a very detrimental effect on the life of the village and the had invited residents to join an email list to be kept informed of impending decisions. This, together with mailing lists held by the Society and the Westbury Forum, meant that, despite being given only a week's notice of the Council meeting, over 50 written responses were made - and only one in favour... The Society's response can be viewed here, and was quoted by Caroline Gooch at the meeting. A detailed analysis of all the responses is given here...
In the event, the proposal was voted down by five votes to four, but the issue is likely to return in the future... When it does, we will inform members as soon as possible.
Our previous councillors, Geoff Gollop, Steven Smith and Sharon Scott had always supported the view that such charges would have a very detrimental effect on the life of the village and the had invited residents to join an email list to be kept informed of impending decisions. This, together with mailing lists held by the Society and the Westbury Forum, meant that, despite being given only a week's notice of the Council meeting, over 50 written responses were made - and only one in favour... The Society's response can be viewed here, and was quoted by Caroline Gooch at the meeting. A detailed analysis of all the responses is given here...
In the event, the proposal was voted down by five votes to four, but the issue is likely to return in the future... When it does, we will inform members as soon as possible.
