(Below is an extract from New Civil Engineer published in August 2023) Environment Agency has spent £70M on pre-construction for £640M River Thames Scheme 14 AUG, 2023 BY THOMAS JOHNSON The Environment Agency has…
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Motorway View – 80 new houses in Datchet
At a meeting of the Windsor and Ascot Development Management Committee on Thursday 7 September 2023 at 7.00 pm the Committee approved planning application 22/02737/FULL – Land to the rear of 45…
A monument to incompetence
5G Mast – Corner of Horton Road and Link Road, Datchet A new 5G mast has been installed adjacent to a house in Link Road, Datchet. Councillor Ewan Larcombe asked ‘Where has…
May 2023 Election
David Buckley, Jodie Grove and Ewan Larcombe won the three seats for the Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury Ward of the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. The image was captured at 6.00am…
Environmental Crime – including poaching and hare coursing
Report to Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury Parish Councils (D,H & W Ward – Environmental Crime update – E Larcombe – 14 April 2023) The following accounts originated from recent newspaper reports Swans…
The NAO’s answer on money wasted on flood defence projects that failed to progress due to lack of partnership funding.
On March 6th, 2023, the National Audit Office was asked about the amount of money the Environment Agency has wasted pursuing flood projects that either do not get started, or get abandoned…
Who do YOU believe?
Please just read and compare the Conservative leaflet dated 21-3-2023 and page 16 of the Environment Agency Public Consultation dated December 2022. Click on these links for the full size pages: Environment…
Windsor & Maidenhead “paying the price” over adopted local plan
(Extract from Windsor Observer – by James Bagley – Local Democracy Reporter – 8/3/2023) Cllr Andrew Johnson (Con: Hurley & Walthams) has requested an urgent meeting with the Department for Levelling Up,…
D,H and W – The ‘forgotten outpost’ and the RTS (RBWM Meeting 21/2/2023)
See Councillor Larcombe talk about the ‘forgotten outpost’ and the River Thames Scheme during the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead full council meeting on the 21st Feb, 2023.
The forgotten Windsor villages remember devastating flood event
The villagers of Datchet, Horton, Wraysbury, and Old Windsor not only woke up to their homes being six feet under water; they also found leading politicians of the time, a mass media frenzy, and some swans floating at their doorsteps.