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Green Belt Development

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With Nigel Farage

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Reform UK's position is clear: we are against the overdevelopment of our Green Belt. You can't build first and bolt on infrastructure as an afterthought, it has to be thought through up front. The proposed development would put an estimated 3,000 extra cars an hour on Bournes Green Chase, making it incredibly hard for Shoeburyness residents to get in and out of the town.

We must be smart and push for infrastructure before any development. Reform UK started the largest petition Southend Council has ever seen against the Green Belt proposals. I also brought Nigel Farage and Gawain Towler (a member of the Reform UK party board) down to Shoeburyness to back the campaign in person, and they have continued to publicly support us on this. We will be working in the council to remove this from the local plan.

Better Parks & Playgrounds across Southend

Our parks and playgrounds are not safe, not maintained, and not getting the investment they deserve. Residents have raised it with me again and again, and Lee at Better Parks Southend has been doing brilliant grassroots work pushing for change.

As Chair of Place Scrutiny, I am calling the Parks team and the cabinet portfolio holder into scrutiny to answer the questions residents keep asking. Why are our parks not safe? Why is there no proper investment plan? And what is the council actually going to do about it? I will publish what they say.

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My presentation: Better Parks for Southend

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Friars Park

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Queensway Underpass Closure

The closure of the Queensway underpass has real consequences for traffic flow and for residents who rely on that route. The portfolio holder promised a report on how he plans to manage the impact, and so far it hasn't materialised.

I've called this into Place Scrutiny. I want the full picture: the traffic modelling, the resident impact, and the mitigation plan.

In committee I asked a simple question: who actually commissioned this report? The administration would not give a straight answer. Watch the exchange and decide for yourself.

East Beach Access & the Stairs

Local residents have asked me for a date of when the East Beach stairs will be installed and accessible. I've posed the question to officers at the council and will update this section once I receive a response.