Pontefract an ancient market town with a rich history needs to move forward in positive ways, for many the Parish/Town Council debate has been a cause for concern, for others a distraction, you have until the 26th to lodge your view whether you want the additional layer of bureaucracy with the tax precept that goes with that or not.
The meeting on Tuesday night was helpful for many but there were few answers from the pro group about what specifically would be their platform so people could weigh up the costs and proposed benefits, on that basis it certainly seems that there were more against than for the Parish/Town Council. Our Parliamentary Candidate, Nick Pickles attended and you can get his perspective here.
On a different note, there is a 5 Towns renaissance meeting at Pontefract Town Hall Hall this evening, to review progress on the new Pontefract Master Plan and the Townscape Heritage Initiative. Now this whole process has been rumbling on for such a time that the word new is a bit faded and thin now.
I am aware that some of the funding bids are in, we will start to see further improvement works at the Castle immediately we get in to the new financial year and that there is a bid in to the National Lottery Heritage fund for funds to improve condition of some of the buildings in the conservation area and a review of conservation areas themselves for the historic ginnels.
We also appear to have a "blueprint" in development for Monk Hill Station.
However the economic climate seems to be slowing down decisions and we need to see some concrete actions and sooner than later.
Time to shift up a gear and get on then.
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