Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Some have already fallen victim to this below…..

If you were to select either of the buttons which are very tempting, it will take you a website which has no connection with Google or any other ISP.
Google can send similar messages if you move from one country to another.
Just delete the message….

Disclaimer: Views expressed in the article are solely those of the author, Mr Peter Baxter, whilst I accept and agree with most of his article, it is his opinion and not necessarily mine.
I am passionate about a Bridge being build as well as ultimately a ‘proper’ by-pass for our town.

If you have something that you wish to publish, which is ‘local’ and ‘relevant’ I am more than happy to publish and promote it.
Must not be defamatory and/or libellous to any individual or group.

Mr Peter Baxter a local resident for more than 50 years is very passionate about traffic issues/problems that the A605 has and is causing and what the future maybe.
Below is his article which I am more than happy and willing to promote, along with a very good article in yesterdays (11th Feb) in the Daily Express to back-up and substantiate some of his arguments.
To read the Daily Express article click on the link below…

Daily Express article – Air Polluntion

It would appear that Permission Homes™ have shown an interest in the ‘Showfields’ site off East Delph, this controversial site has previously generated a great deal of public comment. Remember the bitter fight which took place between the owner/developer Philip Rose and the Public/WTC & FDC, the £20,000 raised to fight the appeal, and then the subsequent approval of the amended plans for some 220 houses.

There is now interest being shown by Persimmon Homes™ – whether they have bought the whole ‘field’ I don’t know or whether they plan to develop the whole site I don’t know.
I tried checking on the FDC planning portal, but it is not working correctly at present.
Persimmons are the builders/developers at ‘Cardea’  besides the A605/Morrisons Supermarket. More to come as it unfolds…..

If you ‘Google’™ Roy Gerstner Showfields – several posts as the planning application moved forward – I used the word ‘Travesty’ to highlight this controversial application,
that still applies today – I still believe as many others do – that the site will be expensive
to prepare to mitigate flood risks – that will put a substantial % on the price of the houses.
Still the Government want more houses – we wait and see.

Here is my posting from 22nd July 2015 – (Lots of archive material on this web-blog)

F/YR15/0134/0 Land North of Whittlesey East of East Delph, has been passed by FDC’s Planning committee today 22nd July 2015.
Considering what happened 2 years ago, when there was a phenomenal opposition from virtually ALL the town, an action group and £20K raised to fight the appeal that followed the original application.
Today saw empty seats at Fenland Hall (Not the expected standing room only), on my reading the application and taking the FDC’s Officers recommendation (To approve), it was always going to be an uphill battle to ‘reject’ the application, as the applicant Mr Rose had complied with everything that the planning inspector had highlighted.
Remember at appeal, the main objection was to do with ‘Flood Risk’ – it appears that the criteria for this has been met as far as the Officers at FDC are concerned.
The application went for some 3 hours and Whittlesey Town Council were represented.
There was a ‘sprinkling’ of other Whittlesey councillors, but noticeably a number were missing.

So this was for ‘outline planning – for 220 dwellings’

I am Roy Gerstner – I am NOT a councillor.
I am responsible and accountable for what I say and publish.

If you think any of my comments are factually incorrect – please let me know and I am more than happy to correct them.

If you have issues and concerns contact your councillor.

As per my post on the 26th & 30th January on the Whittlesey Town Councillors who will NOT be standing for re-election in this coming May’s local elections.

I could say ‘another’ long time serving Whittlesey/Fenland District Councillor has decided to retire, however there are ‘some’ reports he may not…..He is NOT been selected to run for the conservative group either in Whittlesey or FDC, and rumour/reports are he may run as an Independent candidate and I don’t like rumours…..
When I asked him some months ago of his plans – his answer was ‘He wanted his life back, and had done enough years as a councillor’
So for the time being I’ll say he is retiring.
Cllr Steve Garratt’s attendances at Council meetings has been somewhat dismal to say the least, hardly ever turning up at Full Council meetings over the past 18 months.

Photo WTC/RWT Photo

I’ve heard his fellow councillors are none too pleased about it – but what did they do about it….!!!!! Farewell Steve – enjoy your retirement?

More to come…..

Martin Curtis                     Ralph Butcher

Every year GP surgeries carry out a Patient Satisfaction Survey(s), one question being ‘Experience in making an appointment’ The Peterborough Telegraph has published the league table – but the two Whittlesey Surgeries did not do well at all.
In the case of New Queen Street Surgery – they came 32nd out of 40
Jenner Health Centre – they came 24th out of 40
There are many factors, a few which I’ll mention, some surgeries are much bigger than others and from the results it can be seen that the smaller ‘village’ surgeries come out much better in the rankings.

I have been a member of the New Queen Street Surgery – PPG – Patients Participation Group since its inception. I believe the PPG is a very good group at being able to engage with the surgery and its management. That said it can only do so much and has no remit to be able to officially change the surgery policy – it can apply pressure and lobby in certain instances.

Feedback from the Surgery Management (NQS) is that ‘They are happy with the new arrangement’ which was originally trialled and then put into full time placement.
The doctors like the new system and they say they actually ‘get to see’ more patients.

This doesn’t come out well in the above league ‘satisfaction’ table.
New Queen Street Surgery 57.1% satisfaction rating
Jenner Health Centre 62% satisfaction rating

What do the ratings mean?

A total of 40 practices in the Peterborough area have been rated after patients were asked about their experience on behalf of the NHS in March 2018, including how they rated the surgery where they are registered.

According to the NHS, a practice that scores below a 70 per cent average rating is considered to be ‘among the worst’, while a practice which scores 90 per cent or above is ‘among the best’. Those rated between 70 per cent to 80 per cent are classed as ‘OK’.

Read more at: PT-Patients Satisfaction Survey

As per my story last week,  RG Article Mud Walls Going to March

A good article in The Cambs Times© Click Here – CT Mud Walls
A special exhibition has launched in March on how unusual structures in Whittlesey have been preserved.
The Mud Walls Group show how their walls have been surveyed and restored at the exhibition at March Museum.

Organiser Robert Boddington explained how some people felt the walls were a “liability”, but others recognised that the individual nature of the structures enhanced the value of the properties they were built on.
Picture Cambs Times©

David Hancock, who initially identified the remaining mud walls in the town, said that he was not aware of any such constructions in March.

Les Heaton, a March resident and museum member, believed that there had been a couple of mud walls but these had been levelled in the 1940s.

If anyone has further information, David Edwards, the museum archivist would be interested to hear on 01354655300.

The Mud Walls exhibition is free to view and open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10.30 to 3.30pm throughout February.

In general with the help of ‘volunteers’ our town can be regarded as a ‘fairly’ clean and safe place to live, work and play. Yes we are not without incidents, and the amount of rubbish left by some is a disgrace…’we’ clear most of it up, with our two excellent street cleaners.
Graffiti and Fly-Tipping is similarly dealt with by Fenland District Council.

Commons leader Andrea Leadsom calls on fellow MPs to back The Mail’s Great British Spring Clean campaign.

Andrea Leadsom said litter is a ‘huge concern’ following launch of campaign In Commons she urged politicians to don high-vis jackets and take part

• Nearly 25,000 people have signed up to clear-up waste in just six days 
• Visit http://gbspringclean.org to sign up to the Daily Mail’s Great British Spring Clean campaign today.

  So why not have a one off/time go and surprise yourself …….get a bit of fresh air and meet/network with other passionate people who care about out town and villages…..or contact :
  Rebecca Robinett
  Street Pride Co-ordinator
  Fenland District Council
  01354 602134
  rrobinett@fenland.gov.uk

15 days of celebrations, eating and family gatherings – The year of the Pig.

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