Local Councillor Update

My roles:[Attendance: 100%]Elected Councillor for Mendip South, (Lib Dem), since May 2022.Somerset Council Executive: Associate Lead Member for Community Resilience Political: Chair of the Somerset Council Liberal Democrat Group. Committees:Full Council — budget, policy, constitutionPlanning Committee – East (quasi-judicial, predetermination rules apply)Harbour Management Advisory CommitteeFlood Resilience Advisory GroupOutside body: Somerset Rivers Authority Board £50 million flood…

My roles:Attendance: 100%.Elected Councillor for Mendip South, (Lib Dem), since May 2022.Executive: Associate Lead Member for Community Resilience (Somerset Council Executive)Political: Chair of the Somerset Council Liberal Democrat Group. Committees:Full Council — budget, policy, constitutionPlanning Committee – East (quasi-judicial, predetermination rules apply)Harbour Management Advisory CommitteeOutside body: Somerset Rivers Authority Board Auditors place Somerset Council in the…

A Council Rebuilt, the story of Somerset Council, 2023–2026 When Somerset Council came into being in April 2023, it inherited far more than a map and a name. Local government reorganisation, set in motion under the previous Conservative administration back in 2018, had left the new authority facing serious structural and financial pressures from day…

My roles at Somerset Council: Attendance record: 100% Ageing traffic signals to be replaced across Somerset Somerset Council is replacing 30-year-old traffic signals at Stapleton Cross in Martock, the A37 Lydford Cross Keys, and the B3153 at Lovington. Work begins on 22 June, with phased closures and overnight works running through to November 2026. New…

Planning Application Extensions — Parish Councils Have the Right to Request More Time Following concerns raised with me by Parish Clerks in my division, I contacted planning to clarify the position on extension requests. Parish Clerks had been told that extensions to consultation periods were not possible when requested to align with the timing of…

Plan in place to smarten Somerset’s roads, pavements and cycleways Somerset Council to spend up to £5m over 3 years to smarten roads, pavements and cycleways — more drain and gully clearance, improved signs and road markings, litter collection and vegetation clearance near walking/cycling routes. Current road maintenance programmes focus on safety critical works which…