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 …
As the clock struck midnight last year, us folk here in Luton, like the rest of the world, had no idea what was in store for us. It all started off so positively in January with the news that C&R’s application for a Judicial Review had been rejected and that ‘enough was enough’ . We …
In the oddest of years, we are now at the Eve of what is likely to be the oddest of Christmases. Normal has gone out the window, not least festively, this year but one uniform theme has been this town’s sense of community and wonderful people reaching out to help their neighbours in all sorts …
One of the highlights of an otherwise tough year in 2020 was the opportunity in May to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day – the end of WW2 in Europe. We remembered the sacrifices made by so many in the cause of our freedom, peace and democracy. Quite rightly the focus was on the …
