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Residents.

We have sadly had to accept the resignation of Alan Poulain as Chairman for business reasons; we wish him all the best for the
futur<. SLephen Whipp has taken his place and we are sure that the committee will continue to function just as well.
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A r _-s chool ;da grou t; is to be formed and a small number of people are required to form a committee, so that funds may be
raised. If you are. interested in helping, please contact Sue Corner, 33 The Chesters. Promises have been made that the bus
service will be greatly improved from September. We would like to know, before we go and see the Transport Companies what
requirements you have, i.e. 'what time you need a bus and what route it should run. We are also trying to get shelters provided
at main stops. A site has been selected by the GPO for a public telephone and planning permission has been sought. There will
also be public telephones on the Carrefour site. The GPO have assigned two gangs to Westlea and they confidently expect to
install 70-80 private telephones per week over the next few weeks.
for the people in Birdcombe; having persuaded Barrette to remove one pile of bricks, they have replaced it with another. We
have asked for them to be removed as soon as possible. Street lighting should be rapidly improved as we have provided the
electricity board with a list of all non-operative lights. They have said that although they will try to connect them their
first priority is connecting new homes - they are at least now aware of the situation.
The Welcome Booklets should now be reaching all new arrivals but may we extend a warm welcome to all new residents of Westlea.
For the residents of The Chesters we are sending a letter to the council asking for a road name to be erected so that you can
be found more easily.
We welcomed to our meeting our new councillors and a number of salient points were raised for them to take back to the borough
and County Councils.
One was the change in specification of the type of houses being built especially the reduction in the number of 3 and 4 bed
houses with a corresponding increase in 2 bedroomed. It was felt by many that this would change the nature of the community
and completely change the requirements for future development in terms of schooling, especially secondary schools, and other
social services. Councillors' attention was also drawn to the fact that a village hall should be built as soon as possible for
the community as it stands now and not as envisaged in 5 or 10 years time. The poor medical facilities for Westlea were
pointed out and the Councillors promised to bring pressure on the Authorities for this situation to be remedied. It was
pointed out that the fact that Westlea was private development in no way detracted from the fact that residents required the
same medical services and social facilities as people in the mixed council and private areas. There is, for example, no
reason why the council should pass plans for private developments where there are no play areas for children allocated when
they insisted on play areas when applications were made on council controlled schemes. The committee would point out to the
developers of this area that if this situation persists then they will find objections to future plans being raised which will
delay their rate of development.
In this the local councillors agreed and have promised to keep this committee informed of all future applications, and consult
with us on them.
As many of you are aware, Renault have received outline planning permission to build a factory in Westlea and we will be
seeking a meeting with them in the near future to discuss what sort of development they envisage so that it will not be an eye-
sore to what should be a pleasant community to live and work in. A full list of committee members appears below. If you have
any points to raise or problems do let your street representative know. Finally, we would like to extend a warm vote of thanks
to Johnson Controls for their kindness in making their staff restaurant available for our meeting.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Chairman Stephen Whipp 48 Moresby Close Phone 872675
Secretary Jackie Tolman 53 Hadleigh Close 872556
Treasurer John Davies 5 Moresby Close 872651
Education John Forsyth 73 Ravenglass Road ( work) 44787
Press Officer Don Potten 55 Ravenglass Road 872620