A week ago, the Save our Town committee emailed all 32 Labour Councillors asking them a number of questions about their decision to reject a lease option on land behind Cutenhoe Road for a training dome to be built. We received four replies which is, quite frankly, disgraceful. Twenty-eight members did not have the common …
SAVE OUR TOWN (SOT) Response to Labour Group at Luton Borough Council (LBC) Ref: Lease of land at Cutenhoe Road for Sports Facility Hazel Simmons MBE Leader of the Council Town Hall Luton E: Hazel.Simmons@luton.gov.uk LU1 2BQ W: www.luton.gov.uk T: 01582 547271 Wednesday 20th January 2021 Dear LBC: Thank you very …
A question we all need to ask the the council: The Planning Development Committee consists of cross party councillors – they approve planning permission for the Dome. The Executive Committee – all Labour party councillors, on the advice of the ruling party group, refuse lease terms. Think about that for a moment. Luton Borough Council …
We just want you all to be reassured that we are working as hard as we possibly can, behind-the-scenes, to understand our councillors’ decision making and we are meeting with the relevant parties to find out what happens next, after recent events. We have put in a Freedom of Information Act request to find out …
A guide to the background and system that leads us to the Cutenhoe Road Dome situation. Background a) The ruling Labour party has 32 Councillors and has a clear majority in the town. b) The Councillors are the Ruling Labour Group that dictate policy. c) The Ruling Labour Group is controlled by a Whip. The …
Our recent posts have, understandably, drawn an emotional response from those who are passionate about the future of our local Football Club, as we are of course. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even those provocative individuals who seem to have attention-seeking issues! The facts speak for themselves and, for us, the Council position simply …
To all Luton Borough Councillors Re: Proposed Sports Dome on land behind Cutenhoe Road. We are extremely disappointed at the Executive Committee decision to refuse a lease option to 2020 Developments Limited for land behind Cutenhoe Road. Your reasons for the refusal, a) to keep the land for educational purposes b) consistency in decision making …
Training Dome at Cutenhoe Road refused by LBC. An Open Letter Read More »
Not the start of a New Year that anyone wanted but at least there’s some light at the end of the tunnel, at last. Hang on in there Lutonians, perhaps, soon, “the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands” as someone once said. It might seem trite to look back eighty years to the …
