Save Our Town has been championing the achievements of Harry Batt and his wife June for some time. In an earlier piece we highlighted how Luton bus driver Harry formed the Chiltern Valley Ladies Football Club in our town and then took teams representing England to the first Women’s World Cup in Italy in 1970 …
Grab a cuppa SaveOurTowners and let’s talk next steps. With revised outline planning now approved for the whole Newlands Park site, we can turn our focus to the one remaining planning requirement left. This is the revision to the plans for the stadium element (only) for Power Court. This meeting date is yet to be …
Newlands Park: APPROVED ! Let’s Talk Next Steps … Read More »
You may have seen that rumours are now rife that, as well as new blocks of flats, the ABC/Savoy site will house the library and a tech hub (we are not exactly sure what that even means, few desks with USB ports perhaps?!). We really hope the powers that be will take account of the …
You will recall the Save our Town campaign to overturn the absurd decision made by the ruling Labour group to refuse lease terms to 2020 Developments on land that the same group had previously granted planning permission for. Despite asking the Labour Ruling Group, they refused to give us their reasons citing confidentiality! The two …
As Cllr. Mahmood Hussain is announced as the new Mayor of Luton, it would appear all is not well within the ruling Labour group. Sources tell us that after Cllrs. Jacqui Burnett, Mahmood Hussain and Paul Castleman were removed from the Labour Executive Committee (see our social media post 28 April) an attempt was made …
The New Mayor and a Local Labour Leadership Challenge Read More »
Saturday morning at last and for some of us, as kids and teenagers, we would, about now, be heading down town for our weekly treat of the infamous Saturday morning pictures. Obviously we at Save our Town are interested in saving all things Lutonian and you don’t get much more Lutonian than our precious ABC/Savoy …
2020 Developments have today issued this statement about PC & NP. Planning Update
2020 Developments Ltd have released a Planning Statement about the East and West End of Power Court. The report addresses what the Power Court site will be used for other than the football stadium. Read the report here: Power Court Planning Statement
Luton Borough Council have a Playing Pitch Strategy! Judging by the recent sale of Barnfield playing fields to a property developer you’d never believe it. Likewise with the ruling Labour group’s refusal to authorise a lease on land at Cutenhoe Road for a football academy dome they clearly haven’t read their own Playing Pitch Strategy …
Luton Borough Council’s failure to follow its own strategy! Read More »
The Save our Town committee have been been investigating a number of issues concerning the Cutenhoe Road dome that have thrown up a number of inconsistencies. SoT ask Luton Borough Council to be honest about the situation at Cutenhoe Road and answer our questions and queries. Our enquiries reveal: 2020 Developments Ltd initially made enquiries …
