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Master
Plan
In the last few months, the Chamber has
been heavily involved in the consultations over the "Master
Plan" for Long Eaton Town Centre that consultants have produced
for Erewash
Borough Council. This is an important document because future
planning applications for properties in the Town Centre will be
considered on the basis of whether they are consistent with the Master
Plan.
Environmental
Improvements and Artwork near Tesco
We
are also involved in the consultations with the Council over the
improvements to the land between Tesco Extra Superstore and Long Eaton
Town Centre. The Council has £310,000 as a result of granting
planning permission for the store and the petrol station which has to
be spent on these environmental improvements and works of art. The
Council have received a further £310,000 for this work from the
regional development agency and have engaged a well known French firm
to produce proposals. The Chamber are very concerned that this money
is spent effectively and has been invited to send a representative to
consultation meetings with the French firm, Council Officials, and
other representatives regarding this work.
Car
Parking
 As
part of our regular joint meetings with Ilkeston Chamber of Trade and
Officers and Councillors of Erewash
Borough Council we have supported the free car parking
available in Council Car Parks in Long Eaton up to Christmas and the
New Year. We continue to lobby the Council to stop car parking charges
throughout the year.
CCTV
 We
continue to lobby the Police
and the Council for additional staff to be made available to monitor
the CCTV cameras in the Town. At present the cameras are monitored by
volunteers who seem to have little support. Unsurprisingly the Council
and the Police
keep referring the matter to each other but we will not let the matter
rest.
Licencing
 For
over a year we have expressed concerns over the risk of damage to
business premises resulting from changes to licencing laws. This has
included objecting to certain licence extensions. We continue to
monitor this situation and our views have been broadcast on BBC
Television twice!
Charitable
Work
Each
year we help organise the charity stalls when Santa comes to Long
Eaton to turn on the Christmas
Lights. There are lots of people there
to greet him and the 20 Charity Stalls appear to do good business.
Other
Matters
There
are also a variety of other matters that we are dealing with. These
include planning delays, pigeons and traffic policy.
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