Anglesey - Island of Opportunity?

Anglesey - Llangefni sites selected for "Enterprise Zone" status.

Readers will be aware that this site frst advocated an Enterprize Zone (EZ) for Anglesey.

Holyhead has seen it's fair share of assistance from WAG at Parc Cybi and £155m of investment (for the town) over the preceeding 10 years.

Now it seems it's Llangefni's turn for some attention. Under the concept of "Energy Island" it seems individual sites have been earmarked for EZ status. The EZ status applies to "Energy Generation or otherwise linked or related to this sector only"

It is understood that Coleg Menai and Bryn Cefni are being consdered as well as the two long term sites earmarked for "employment zoning" in the joint LDP in Llangefni viz; Dafarn Newydd (Penmynydd Road next to Coleg Menai) and Lledwigan (Glanhwfa Road).

Details are somewhat sketchy at the moment however will be clarified post 13th February 2012.

See BBC online here and News Wales here

Anglesey CC to "dispose of Graigwen"

Sources have confirmed that the Council's land at Graigwen is subject to disposal in the next few weeks with planning permission for housing......(getting rid of a problem?)

I do not understand this disposal strategy - and here I explain why.

Anglesey Council seeks to capture as much affordable housing from developers as possible despite rising build costs (such as sprinklers) with falling margins (selling prices)

It's about time Anglesey Council either:

a) Made Graigwen available as plots for self-build (but a scheme that works this time please viz; where land prices value to the correct level with the restrictions imposed?)
b) Built-it out themselves as affordable housing

I doubt the permission at Graigwen is optimised in any case....looks a bit light to me with just 30 units.

Your comments are welcome!

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Anglesey - Burgess site, Llangefni - demolition proceeding

Herewith photo of the rear of Burgess being demolished.

Anglesey Council - the machine works overtime to "break" Valley Market

Readers may not be aware that:

• Anglesey Council Trading Standards themselves run the Council's markets in Llangefni, Holyhead and Amlwch.
• Council Markets have suffered a steady decline over the past 10 years, primarily because of "mismanagement" by Trading Standards
• Trading Standards some time ago awarded a cleaning contract to a company to clear up after each market held in Llangefni - that contract was apparently for 10 years at £14,000 per annum.
• Trading Standards continue to run its own Markets despite obiter dicta from a High Court case suggesting good practice would be to separate the two functions; viz the Council should not run its own markets and also police markets - which amounts to a conflict of interest.
• Trading Standards have discriminated in the charging of non-Council markets. They have distinguished by whether the market is charitable or not and has priced their "levy" accordingly.
• Trading Standards continue to interfere with non-Council markets and in the case of Valley Market have recently instigated "flying visits" from North Wales Police, North Wales Fire Brigade making safety checks and Anglesey Council Public Health Dept. Clearly there is a backchannel dialogue designed to "rough up" Valley Market.
• Trading Standards cannot but interfere with "private business"...with their red tape.

Anglesey - Origins of Saint Malo

Here is a link to EBK that provides the origin....

StMalo

Also, a great reference to early Welsh history

Anglesey - Trading Standards' department - v - conflict of interest.

Anglesey Trading Standards have cranked-up their campaign, utilising Council resourcesto damage no-Council run markets in Anglesey whilst in neighbouring Gwynedd the Council has a laissez-faire policy towards non-Council markets.

Anglesey Trading Standards not only police non-Council markets but they also run Anglesey Council's own markets in Holyhead, Amlwch, Llangefni and the once a year Menai Bridge market. Despite being made aware of Leeds City Council v Watson case where the judge in his Obiter Dicta said that the Council was conflicted as operator and policer of markets, Anglesey Trading Standards continue to ignore this case.

Unsurprisingly, Anglesey Trading Standards running of it's own Council markets has been a unmitigated disaster blaming others for the decline of Council run markets. Apparently non-Council markets (according to Trading Standards) have damaged town centres. Bearing in mind Trading Standards are under the umbrella of The Corporate Director who is also responsible for Planning then Trading Standards might consider what planning policies led to Amlwch, Holyhead and Llangefni's retail core decline? Blaming for instance Valley Market for the decline of Holyhead Town Centre is a bit rich when the town centre shopping has shifted to "out of town" by a direct policy of the Council itself.

Turning to the management or rather mis-management of Anglesey Council's own markets, Trading Standards have much explaining to do. We will be requesting information under the FOI Act 2000 to uncover the shambolic mess that is Trading Standards attempt to run markets and the steady flow of traders giving up because of "viability, cost, attitude of the Head of Trading Standards towards traders"  It would appear that Anglesey Trading Standards are deeply unpopular amongs traders - because of how they run Council owned markets.

We need to find the truth about why Anglesey Council's markets have declined to such an extent that they are barely operating whereas privately run non-Council markets in Anglesey are thriving. What has led to this decline, why does Trading Standards continue to want to police markets whilst also running it's own markets?  Conflict of interest......just a bit! 

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Anglesey - Re-election of IWJ, "The End"

Anglesey needed new blood, however what we have is the same core of people voting for a familiar non-performer.

Anglesey has a bleak future with Ieuan Wyn Jones as AM.....he won't change his spots.

A vote against "jobs, homes and prosperity"

THE END

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anglesey - Ieuan Wyn Jones for "Failure, Joblessness, Economic Chaos"

For the benefit of those who have not seen this leaflet and the completely misleading statements contained therein......here it is or see it on Druids' Revenge (druidsrevenge.blogspot.com)

 

Voting for Plaid Cymru's Ieuan Wyn Jones means more:

1. Joblessness
2. A continued Eeconomic "nuclear winter" in Anglesey
3. Lack of prosperity
4. Ignoring key voter issues
5. Ignoring opportunities like "Lightning Cars" that was presented on a plate to IWJ.
6. Failing to attract new companies to Anglesey
7. Failing to provide school leavers with jobs in Wales.
8. Failing to provide homes in Anglesey
9. Ignoring existing business and spurning "wealth creation"
10. Failing to make Anglesey his No1 priority as "Deputy First Minister"

 

Anglesey - back Ynys Mon's own fighter - vote PAUL WILLIAMS - Conservative

 Anglesey's only hope:

VOTE PAUL WILLIAMS of the Conservatives for:

JOBS, HOMES, PROSPERITY.........who will fight hard for Anglesey every time.

 

Anglesey - Bowles letter to "group" about member / officer bullying

Again The Council's Managing Director comes out with a blinder in an anticipated move about officer bullying.....history repeating itself.

The members have their own views......perhaps officers are not executing members' orders, being less than impartial and showing loyalty to senior council staff?

Here it is Download 07042011 DB letter

What does David Bowles have against Cllr Bryan Owen?

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