The Council has issued a statement in response to this weeks announcement on Swine Flu.

Full details are here.

At the last Full Council meeting of Bury Council a large number of questions were submitted by Lib Dem Councillors. These included issues such as Heaton Park, Prestwich Festival, Road Repairs, Street Lighting and more…

The highlights are probably:
- answers to Richard Baum’s questions about public transport funding (with the Leader of the Council trying to pretend that the £40 a year extra we’ll all be paying in Bury for trams in South Manchester is a “good deal”. (see Richard’s site for more details)
- the fact that we only have £65,000 to spend on road repairs in Prestwich this year, but the Council has paid out over £3 MILLION in claims for tripping etc on dodgy roads and pavements
- the amazingly small amount of litter penalties given out in Prestwich.

Here are the replies from the ruling Conservative Group.

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Goals Soccer Centres have submitted an application to Manchester City Council for their controversial commercial “soccer centre” in the part of Heaton Park just off St Margaret’s Road in Prestwich.

Full details of the application can be found here.

This is the Location Plan which shows the area of park which would be converted into the Soccer Centre.

This is a more detailed plan showing the 12 football pitches, 6 tennis courts, club house with cafe and function rooms, car park and skate park.

Click below for planning applications received in our local Ward in the last month. For more information on any of these applications please click here. Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you would like more information or have any concerns.

Application Number: 51473
Registration Date: 17/06/2009
Ward Name: Prestwich - Holyrood
Location: 7 LANGLEY GROVE, PRESTWICH, M25 3EE
Proposal: TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE
Case Officer: Janet Ingham
Decision: This case has not yet been decided
Appeal Received Date: This case has no appeals against it

Application Number: 51440
Registration Date: 16/06/2009
Ward Name: Prestwich - Holyrood
Location: 13 HILLTOP AVENUE, PRESTWICH, M25 1LL
Proposal: REPLACEMENT OF SINGLE STOREY FLAT ROOF WITH PITCHED ROOF
Case Officer: Jane Langan
Decision: This case has not yet been decided
Appeal Received Date: This case has no appeals against it

Application Number: 51374
Registration Date: 10/06/2009
Ward Name: Prestwich - Holyrood
Location: 22 KENILWORTH AVENUE, WHITEFIELD, M45 6TG
Proposal: SIDE GARAGE EXTENSION
Case Officer: Jane Langan
Decision: This case has not yet been decided
Appeal Received Date: This case has no appeals against it

Application Number: 51264
Registration Date: 10/06/2009
Ward Name: Prestwich - Holyrood
Location: 38 SIMISTER GREEN, SIMISTER, PRESTWICH, M25 2RY
Proposal: GARDEN SHED (RETROSPECTIVE)
Case Officer: Janet Ingham
Decision: This case has not yet been decided
Appeal Received Date: This case has no appeals against it

Application Number: 51407
Registration Date: 08/06/2009
Ward Name: Prestwich - Holyrood
Location: 19 ST MARGARETS CLOSE, PRESTWICH, M25 2LY
Proposal: SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT; PART SINGLE STOREY / PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE
Case Officer: Amanda Uhunmwagho
Decision: This case has not yet been decided
Appeal Received Date: This case has no appeals against it

A wide range of free sports sessions awaits young people in the summer evenings.

Qualified coaches from Bury Council’s sports development team will offer football, rounders, basketball and rugby, to name but a few.

The sessions take place at Heaton Park Primary School in Cuckoo Lane, Whitefield, for boys and girls aged from ten to 16.

They run every Monday and Wednesday between June 29 and July 15, from 6pm to 8pm.

There’s no need to book – simply turn up, register and play.

For further details contact Andrea Pilling, Health Kick co-ordinator, on 0161 253 6463.

Parents and the wider community are invited to attend an information day at Heaton Park Primary School on July 13.

The school, on Cuckoo Lane, Whitefield, has been identified as requiring significant modernisation, and a children’s centre. It is planned to integrate the children’s centre on the school site.

Proposed drawings will be on display showing facilities and services being offered. Bury Council officers and the Heaton Park school management team will be available to answer questions.

Work is planned to start in early to mid 2010, and take nine months to complete. The information day is on Monday July 13, from 3pm to 6.30pm.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you need to more about these proposals.
tim

Today was the Prestwich Carnival Parade - seemed to be loads more entries this year.
Well done to everyone involved.

More pictures here.

At today’s meeting of Greater Manchester’s Independent Transport Authority (ITA) (formerly the GMPTA), Manchester Liberal Democrat Councillor Keith Whitmore was elected as its first ever Lib Dem Chair.

Keith said “I am honoured that colleagues have put their faith in me. I will work across the political groups to campaign and lobby for a better deal for Greater Manchester, and a better Transport system across Greater Manchester.

This is a big day for Keith and the Lib Dems across Greater Manchester. He has been a Levenshulme Councillor for 30 years, and a member of the PTA/ITA for 20 years. No-one I know has more knowledge of transport issues, or is more committed to improving Public Transport across Greater Manchester.

It’s started with a storm at Prestwich Clough and should end in glorious sunshine at Prestwich Carnival. After 35 days, 55 events, 1,000’s of visitors to events, money raised for charity Prestwich Festival puts its feet up and says goodbye for 2009 with a final 5 days of fun.

The last free archery session is today (Thursday 18 June) at The Phoenix Centre. During the festival over 100 11 to 8 years olds have already enjoyed these free session’s.

This evening also sees the Festival Music Night taking place between 7pm and 10pm. It promises to bring the some classical sophistication to The Longfield Centre with a wonderful night of music with the Bury Music Service Band, Affetside Choir and to round off the evening, in grand style Besses o’ th’ Barn brass band.

Tomorrow, there will be a Friday Night Social - Shangri La at 8pm at, Carlton Club, Bury Old Road featuring live music. And finally a bumper weekend of family entertainment will take place at the Prestwich Carnival.

On Saturday 20 June a Football Tournament organized by FC United of Manchester will take place from 9am until 4pm at St. Mary’s Park.

As well as Butterstile Fun Day which takes place from 12.00 noon at Butterstile Primary School. The friends of Butterstile will be holding their traditional fun day. As part of the fun all the children from the school will have the chance to enter a series of competitions to celebrate Prestwich, the four categories are photographs, poems, paintings or portraits.

And finally on Sunday 21 June Prestwich Carnival Grand Parade kicks off at 1pm. The Parade arrives in the park at 2.30pm with six arenas showcasing local talent.

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The Highways Agency is advising drivers using the M60 between junctions 19 at Middleton and 23 at Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester to allow extra time to complete their journeys over the next six weekends.

Starting Friday (June 19), work is being carried out along this 6-mile section each weekend until August, weather permitting.

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