Planning Applications: Week ending 25/07/08
Posted by Alan Collins on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 at 12:11

Below is a list of planning applications for Twydall, received during the week ending 25/07/08.

Reference: MC2008/1217
Consultation Start: 24/07/08
Consultation End: 14/08/08
Location: 39 Pump Lane Gillingham ME8 7AB
Description: Formation of hipped to gable roof and the insertion of one window to side to provide additional living accommodation within the roof space
Full Details/Comments: Medway Council Website

Reference: MC2008/1222
Consultation Start: 24/07/08
Consultation End: 14/08/08
Location: Exotic Palms and Spas Ltd Unit C, Invicta Business Centre, Chalmers Way, Gillingham, Kent ME8 6PF
Description: Installation of mezzanine floors
Full Details/Comments: Medway Council Website

Reference: MC2008/1240
Consultation Start: 24/07/08
Consultation End: 14/08/08
Location: Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd Godden Way Gillingham Medway ME8 6AD
Description: Advertisement Consent for installation of 5 fascia signs, 1 hoardings and 6 various signs
Full Details/Comments: Medway Council Website

Planning applications are listed for informative purposes only, and are in no way an endorsement of any individual application listed.

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Mark Reckless to fight Murray in Rochester and Strood
Posted by Alan Collins on Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 23:57

Twice-former Conservative candidate in Medway, Mark Reckless, was readopted to fight the successor seat of Rochester and Strood.

Dan Hannan had the news this morning when he posted this tribute to his long-term friend on his telegraph.co.uk blog.

Mark was elected as a councillor for the Rochester West seat on Medway Council in May 2007 and now stands poised to defeat Labour’s Teresa Murray (also a Medway councillor) in the next general election.

I would like to extend my congratulations to Cllr Reckless. He is a fantastic councillor and did well to achieve the second best swing in the Conservatives’ top 100 seats in 2005.

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Gillingham and Rainham UKIP candidate chosen
Posted by Alan Collins on Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 13:51

Bob Oakley of Macklands Way, Rainham, has been selected to fight the next general election in Gillingham and Rainham for the UK Independence Party.

Mr Oakley, who fought in Medway in 2005, is the final candidate from the four main parties in the constituency to be selected, giving a list of candidates which looks like this:

	Candidate	Party
	Rehman Chishti CHISHTI	Conservative
	Paul Clark CLARK	Labour
	Bob Oakley OAKLEY	UK Independence Party
	Andrew Stamp STAMP	Liberal Democrat

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Rochester and Strood Conservatives’ candidate chosen
Posted by Alan Collins on Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 13:43

By now Rochester and Strood Conservatives have chosen their parliamentary candidate, after the big event yesterday where members whittled a shortlist of 10 down to four.

One of the final four candidates has been chosen to fight Labour’s candidate Teresa Murray in a notionally Conservative seat - and he/she will be revealed at a meeting in Wainscott tonight.

Keep your eyes peeled to this site, where I should, by tomorrow, have the name of the final candidate for you.

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Please vote Alan Collins
Posted by Alan Collins on Monday, July 21st, 2008 at 23:24

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