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w/e 27th January 2012

T1 Horse chestnut trees; fell. T2 Cherry trees; light pruning to remove lower branches and dead branches. T3 Elm and Plum suckers; fell at St Wilfrid's Church, Main Road.

w/e 20th January 2012

1. Details submitted to discharge condition 9 (bat check survey) in areas B5 to B10 and C1 to C5 of planning permission granted on 30th March 2009  in respect of the Nottingham express transit order NET Phase 2.

2. Details of trees submitted to discharge conditions 7a and 7c in areas C1 and C2 of planning permission granted on 30th March 2009  in respect of the Nottingham express transit order NET Phase 2.

w/e 13th January 2012

1. Erection of conservatory to rear at 59 St Mawes Avenue

2. Erection of two storey side extension and porch to front at 17 Regents Place

w/e 6th January 2012

Installation of rooflights into rear elevation roof at 36 Main Road

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UPDATE - TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF WILFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE NOW IN APRIL

4th February 2012

Severn Trent Water has announced that the repair work to the Suspension Bridge between Victoria Embankment and West Bridgford will now be closed for 3 days, 3 - 5th APRIL 2012 inclusive. Alternative routes will be signed on site in advance of the closure. For further information please contact Severn Trent Water on 0800 783 4444

TRAM - IREMONGERS POND ON BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM

1st February 2012

Today, BBC Radio Nottingham ran a couple of reports about the tram through Wilford and Clifton. To hear the report relevant to Wilford, click here to launch the iPlayer and drag the slider to 2:08:00.

"RED FLYER" BUS SERVICE TO LINK WILFORD WITH EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT

29th January 2012

Following the changes to the Skylink service, we have been informed today that Premiere Bus will be starting a bus service to East Midlands Airport from 25th March 2012. No timetable has been published yet, but early indications are that it will be an hourly service running 24 hours a day.

CONFUSION OVER EMBANKMENT REMOVAL AT IREMONGERS POND

29th January 2012

Conflicting information has been emerging from NET about how much of the embankment will be removed at Iremongers Pond to compensate for the loss of flood area when the flood defence is moved closer to the pond. Documents submitted to the public enquiry said that a "small" part of the embankment will e removed. More recent plans refer to the removal of the embankment without quantifying the amount to be removed. Wilford Community Group will take this up with the Community Liaison Officer.

LATEST TRAM WORKS PHOTOGRAPHS

29th January 2012

Not much work has been carried out near Iremongers Pond this week other than some trees from the embankment at Coronation Avenue. Some scrub clearance has taken place adjacent to the Becket School but the main works have been carried out to the embankment at Wilford Lane which is to be removed to allow the line to swing across for the (to be removed) embankment at the rear of St. Austell Drive.

NET RESPOND TO IREMONGERS POND ASSOCIATION CONCERNS

27th January 2012

NET have responded to the letter sent to them by the IPA on 10th January 2012 Click here to read.

CO-OP BROKEN INTO

28th January 2012

Early on Saturday 28th, the Co-op was broken into. The store was closed temporarily while the Police attended and later on in the day repair work was being carried out on the security shutters that cover the front entrance. When the store was visited on Sunday, all the tobacco shelves were empty suggesting this was the target for the robbery.

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF WILFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN MARCH

26th January 2012

Severn Trent Water has announced that due to essential health and safety repair work, the Suspension Bridge between Victoria Embankment and West Bridgford will be closed for 3 days 13 - 15th March 2012 inclusive. Alternative routes will be signed on site in advance of the closure. For further information please contact Severn Trent Water on 0800 783 4444

FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OF TRAM CONSTRUCTION WORK ADDED TO WEBSITE

22nd January 2012

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NET ANSWERS WARD COUNCILLOR'S  QUESTIONS ABOUT VEGETATION CLEARANCE

20th January 2012

Click here for a copy of the email exchange between Councillor Roger Steel and NET.

"TURBINES PLANS LUDICROUS" SAYS WARD COUNCILLOR

20th January 2012

From the Nottingham Post - Wilford councillor Tim Spencer has branded plans for wind turbines on Grove Farm as "ludicrous". He encouraged residents to write to Nottingham City Council and get involved in consultations on the plans. The University of Nottingham has submitted a planning application to build three 126-metre turbines, which would generate a third of the electricity needed for the University Park campus. Mr Spencer said that while he commended the efforts to increase renewable energy sources, he felt "compelled to further highlight the ludicrous and potentially disastrous proposals." He added: "It seems grossly unfair to me that the people of Clifton Grove and residents in Clifton, Wilford and Silverdale are to have three enormous wind turbines imposed upon them just so the university can benefit financially."

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