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WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL - TAXES
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We are hopeful that with a change of heart in the Wealden District that policies which have driven the planet to the brink in terms of global warming, acid oceans, desertification, and a failure to accord heritage assets beneficial uses to offset routine maintenance costs, may now become priority areas, in line with economic policies to get make this country fiscally solid - after years of irresponsible borrowing and overspending by the government of the day. Leading to the £2.7 trillion pounds of debt, that nobody in their right mind would have contracted for. A breach of trust that breaks all bargains with the present administration. Boris Johnson being the most recent lead, according to the media. We don't just need a change of leader with business as usual policies, we need change to something better. We must find a way to stop politicians from any party borrowing to sustain an unsustainable lifestyle based on the poorly founded belief, that any country can afford to keep borrowing. Our national debt is staggering, almost doubling with 'The Johnson' at the helm. And it all begins on our doorstep. What is happening locally, is happening in Whitehall.
DAISY SAYS - Pardon me for asking, but if there are thousands of houses being built in and around Herstmonceux, where are all the infrastructure improvements? Daisy wonders if Wealden's policies as to fossil fuel investments, and the promotion of executive housing over affordable homes, is un-sustainable? Daisy wonders if the increasing number and frequency of potholes, is caused by the lack of roadway improvements to cope with the increase in traffic. And, Daisy has a sneaking suspicion that all that untreated sewage being discharged into the sea illegally, has something to do with not having the capacity to deal with all the extra waste from all of those new-build executive homes?
Wealden District Council under the former Conservative lead, was identified by some local groups as a kleptocratic administration, working for the rich against the poor. Or, there would be genuinely low cost housing in the district, but there is none. Nor are there electric vehicle charging points in the high streets and only 2 in WCs car park in Hailsham. These two factors on their own, undermine the efforts of the Government to reach Net Zero by 2050:
THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2008 (2050 TARGET AMENDMENT) ORDER 2019
(b) took into account representations made by the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland in accordance with section 3(1)(b) of the Act(2),
The Secretary of State considers that since the Act was passed, there have been significant developments in scientific knowledge about climate change that make it appropriate to amend the percentage specified in section 1(1) of the Act.
1. This Order may be cited as the
Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2. (1) Section 1 of the Climate Change Act 2008 is amended as follows.
One reason councils under the Conservatives, were/are so loath to change to meet the above targets, was that many influential Members and friends of member councillors, own property portfolios which they rent out, enjoying the high market rentals, that the introduction of low cost, or affordable (sustainable) housing would undermine. Put simply, there is a conflict of interests. And, worse still, you will not find these interests registered in the Book of Members and Officers Interests.
Put that little issue together with CIL payments and charging higher bandings for executive brick built houses, and it's easy to see why councils with huge pension liabilities, and those local authorities who routinely give golden handshakes to retiring officers and executives in return for not blowing the whistle, would not want to use their compulsory purchase powers to buy land to supply plots for affordable self builds. Etc.
Basically, this is a fraudulent practice. Since, councils owe a duty to the electorate to provide an effective administration, and that means providing sustainable homes in Band A. Especially for families on a low income.
So, what has changed (or might change) with the Greens and Liberals at the helm?
Some of the historic and ongoing cases will blow your mind, as to the level of corruption and cover ups.
NEGATIVE EXPENDITURE
Wealden spent a ton of ratepayers (council tax) cash seeking to prevent the restoration of one the most important historic assets just outside the village of Herstmonceux, 500 yards from Gardner Street (A271), in one of the worst cases of institutionalised discrimination this country has seen, since Adolf Hitler set up his concentration camps in Nazi Germany. At least when Adolf set out on a eugenics agenda, he did it overtly. Wealden, operate covertly, because it would be illegal for them to openly admit to targeting people they deem to be undesirable. It may make you wonder if we would have been better off under Adolf. Or, why should Ukraine bother fighting off aggression from Russia. Should we not stand up to the Communists and Dictators, and fight for freedom and justice?
Is Wealden more like Vladimir Putin, and the electorate like Volodymyr Zelenskyy, fighting financial and other oppression?
Even today, in August 2024, Wealden have denied a 'Trust,' that is seeking to protect the old generating buildings, a reasonable and beneficial use; Fraud. This is not simple maladministration, as in a straightforward error. This is deliberate and calculated misfeasance in public office as an ongoing agenda, thus malfeasance, a common law offence. A crime. We could not print here it, if it was not true. And supported by documentary evidence.
Why would anyone do such a thing? Maybe it is because they can - or could. In May 2023 the Conservative task masters lost control of the region. In the past, they appear to have enjoyed causing harm to the historic built environment, since they had spent well over Five Hundred Thousand Pounds (£500,000) of your tax dollars, to hide the truth, between 1981 and 2000.
Up to 2019, they were batting for Peter Townley. Now in 2023, we are trying to decide who they are batting for. Our opinion based on the case files. Peter Townley was the owner of The Rectory, until 2019, a stooge for the council, and the council operating to benefit their patsy for well over 30 years. The new, and present owners are Ms Finn and Mr Flood, a couple who have developed the Old Rectory, without a Historic Assessment, without parking controls, and without complying with the Party Wall Act.
All such requirements swept aside with help from Councillors Ray Cade and Pamela Doodes, who appear to have done nothing to protect our local heritage, and of course Wealden's planners, who lied to at least 3 planning inspectors and just as many High Court judges, denying the history on their doorstep, in the process, fraudulently denying the occupier(s) grants from 1985/6 - the rest one massive cover up. The councillor's responsible have gone, but perhaps one or two of the planning officers remain, or at least there earlier agenda lingers like a dark cloud over would be honest newcomers. And it's worth remembering that in the past, the civil servants controlled the members, with selective reports, gossip and the like. All geared up to steering a decision a particular way. Instead of telling the truth.
We will report on the events as they happen, and you can decide for yourself what is happening. Let us have your opinion of local politics, and maybe then, collectively, we'll be able to influence policy at national level.
The vendettas that have taken place, were only possible because our Parliament created statute that allowed such rampant civil servant abuses. The target building, still has no reasonable or beneficial use in 2024. We are though hopeful the war of attrition is over, as the occupying Trust seek Museum Accreditation into 2024, and clarification from the Secretary of State.
In theory, the Head of State is ultimately responsible. But so far Her Majesty and King Charles III, have (effectively) simply washed their hands of it, distancing themselves from the reality that their Realm, is rife with corruption. The sad truth is, that historically, the land was ruled by corruption and corrupting, bribing, or otherwise cajoling powerful landowners to support the King or Queen. Today, we have the honours system, Gongs for those towing the party line. This included granting lands for supporting the King/Queen. Including, licensing pirates on the high seas, as privateers, to loot and sink ships of other nations, where such ill gotten gains boosted the Treasury.
WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL - GREEN PARTY MEMBERS IN 2023
WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL - INDEPENDENT PARTY MEMBERS IN 2023
WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCILLORS - LIBERAL PARTY MEMBERS IN 2023
COUNCILLORS SERVING IN 2017 INTO 2018
Dick Angel - Kevin Balsdon - Jo Bentley - John Blake - Bob Bowdler - Don Broadbent - Norman Buck - Raymond Cade - John Carvey Lin Clark - Nicholas Collinson - Nigel Coltman - Ronald Cussons - Barby Dashwood-Morris - Dianne Dear - Phil Dixon - Pam Doodes Claire Dowling - Jan Dunk - Louise Eastwood - Philip Ede - Helen Firth - Jonica Fox - Roy Galley - Richard Grocock - Chris Hardy Steve Harms - Jim Hollins - Peter Holloway - Johanna Howell - Toby Illingworth - Stephen Isted - David Larkin - Andy Long - Michael Lunn Philip Lunn - Barry Marlowe - Nigel McKeeman - Rowena Moore - Kay Moss - Douglas Murray - Ann Newton - Ken Ogden Amanda O'Rawe - Charles R Peck - Diane Phillips - Mark Pinkney - Major Antony Quin RM - Ronald Reed - Dr. Brian Redman Carol Reynolds - Greg Rose - Peter Roundell - William Rutherford - Daniel Shing - Oi Lin Shing - Raymond Shing - Stephen Shing Angela Snell - Robert Standley - Susan Stedman - Rupert Thornely-Taylor - Roger Thomas - Bill Tooley - Jeanette Towey - Chriss Triandafyllou Peter Waldock - Neil Waller - David Watts - Mark Weaver -Graham Wells - David White - John Wilton
COUNCILLORS SERVING IN 2006 INTO 2008
Lord Abergavenny Don
Broadbent The
Lord Newton Eddie
Powell Rupert
Thornley-Taylor Alan
Whittaker
GLOBAL WARMING - The Sun provides us with an infinite supply of energy upon which all life on earth depends. Our blue planet has experienced many climate changes in its history, including the ice age when amazing creatures such a the Dinosaurs and Mammoths suffered extinction. Man is artificially warming the planet by burning fossil fuels in some kind of economic arms race that cannot be sustained and must be brought under control if we are not to extinguish the lives of many more species such as the Polar Bears in the Arctic.
COUNCILLORS SERVING IN 2017 INTO 2018
RED SKY AT NIGHT - A view looking from Herstmonceux Museum in East Sussex toward the village. A classic sunset of which we hope there will be many more. The old Generating Station just outside the village envelope of Herstmonceux, once provided electricity to the whole village. The industrial complex is a contender as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as the only surviving early example anywhere in the world, where battery storage was used for load-levelling. A feature some 125 years ahead of its time. Under the Conservatives, Wealden District Council kept this heritage asset deprived of any reasonable or beneficial use, by way of a deliberate agenda of attrition - contrary to their Duty of Care - to protect the historic built environment. Copyright photograph June 2017 all rights reserved Lime Park Heritage Trust. For years near neighbours in Lime Park denied the history of this building, engaging in slanderous character assassination, with WDC, helping Peter and June Townley, and Henry Arnell (trading as Lime Park Estate Ltd) to acquire the historical premises at an undervalue, by refusing to accept the history attaching to the buildings. Procurement to order, to effect a change of ownership is illegal. Isn't it about time Wealden told the truth?
COUNCILLORS SERVING IN 2006 - 2010
2022 - Herstmonceux in Sussex is not what it used to be. Villagers are being forced to rent in towns, rather than being able to live where they were brought up - at reasonable prices. In modern England, councils are operating against the interests of young families. Rents for new builds in Herstmonceux are exorbitant. The rich get richer and the poor, poorer.
INVESTMENTS IN OIL
Word has it that Wealden's officers have been investing your tax dollars in oil companies. If that is the case, and with oil set to devalue progressively as diesel and petrol vehicles are phased out, should the council not think about re-investing in renewables, and cutting their (our) losses?
Your taxes have been used to perpetuate reliance on fossil fuels, with petro-dollars being used by Russia to invade the Ukraine, does that make Wealden fossil fools?
We wonder if your CIL payments are being used to provide fat pensions for council chiefs, rather than going to improve access roads and other facilities. What do you think. And what about all those potholes. Why do we pay so much for our Road Fund Licences, when only 5% goes on building and maintaining roads? Presumably, that leaves 95% for backhanders.
REFERENCE
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111187654 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111187654 https://www.wealden.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/heritage/heritage-statements/
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