JONATHAN DAVIES BRENT COUNCILLOR QUEENS PARK WARD 6 April 2006 QUEEN’S PARK TOWERBLOCK Many people have been asking me about the Council’s plan to put a 26-storey towerblock on the car park next to Queen’s Park Station. The Council is not prepared to have an open public consultation about the proposal. My view is that the people who elected me as their councillor deserve to be informed about the proposal. The Council was in extensive pre-application talks with the proposed developer, Genesis, from at least the middle of 2004. In April 2005, the Council amended the planning guidance relating to the site to allow for a building of up to 20 storeys paving the way for Genesis’s planning application for a set of twin 26-storey towerblocks. The Council persuaded them to withdraw it in September 2005 due to the unexpected level of public opposition to the proposal. ...

The Labour Action Team have some hot Election Information for the citizens of Brent - they are ernestly distributing glossy colour A4 ‘Election Information’,erm, leaflets? newsletters? I don’t know what you’d call it. The glossy reminded us it was important for us to vote and we were not to be talked out of it by anyone. What was intersting was the lack of a logo. These materials where not branded Labour - the logos and the slogunogos were missing too. Labour Voting Guide Front Page ...

Brent Labour Councillor Jonathan Davies has joined the Liberal Democrats reports the BELD website. “I have realised that the beliefs I stand for such as the safeguarding of our civil liberties, international justice and a free and fair society are best represented within the Liberal Democrats.” Also connected to Jonathan’s feelings over the proposed development of a tower block in Queen’s Park ? : “The issue of Queen’s Park Tower is a classic example of Brent Labour in action....

brent council collect and publish lots and lots of information. i’m not talking about informtion that is about a person, like say census or tax information. I’m interested in the information that Brent Council spend a lot of time and money on collecting and verifying and organisaing and publishing about local organisations and projects, events and activities. and I’d like to get at it ! Brent Council publish the Brent Magazine and also the Brent Brain website....

The b.e.c weblog fears without loathing the Brent East Campaign trail, posting articles and images that catalogue the activism of the political parties and some independent candidates in this area. I blogged the 2005 General Election, now I’m back for more during the four weeks prior to the local elections in May.