Car Parking Charges in Forest of Dean

The Conservative year on the Forest of Dean District Council has bee a complete disaster.
They introduced charges that result in major increases in burial costs, they also introduced a charge that now mean people have to fork out some £15 for the collection of bulk waste items, which in turn bring,s the inevitable fly tipping to our beautiful Woodland, they also are in the process of bringing in charges for car parking against the wishes of their back bench Councillors, it is no wonder that many in the Conservative ranks have either joined or are in the process of joining the Independant Group of Councillors on the Forest of Dean district Council.
In summary!( what a shambles) and they accuse Labour of stealth Taxation.

New Cinderford Store

Tesco have registered a new planning application to build a new store on the Cinderford Rugby Club site at Dockham Road.
While some argue that will spell disaster for our town, it is interesting that some 83% of Cinderford People consulted told Tesco they supported their proposals.
It is said some 250 Jobs will be created along side 367 new parking spaces.
The big question for Councillors how could we object knowing so many people wanted the development, and we could not use planning law to object on the grounds of competition alone.
No doubt there will be job losses in small shops and a major blow to the existing Co-op County Foodstore all of which nobody wants to see happen.
Having said all of this we need healthy competion and the new Rugby facilities that Tesco will bring.
It is very interesting that our very vocal MP Mark Harper is very much silent on this issue, a classic sitting on the fence one might say.