COUNCILLOR GRAHAM WELLS

  Council members who fail to investigate fraud are note doing the job they were elected to do, and become party to institutionalised conspiracy to hide the truth - a breach of the Fraud Act 2006.

Councillor Graham Wells - a team player, but what does that team spirit extend. In the search for truth and solutions would this councillor allow officers to pull the wool over his eyes?  We are concerned as to the institutionalized cover up past lies - and that implicates all of the staff and members that go along with it. Admission of the facts is a far healthier way to a sustainable future. 

Councillor Graham Wells (conservative)

Gable End
3 The Leas
Wadhurst
East Sussex
TN5 6ES

Tel: 01892 783583

Email: cllr.graham.wells@wealden.gov.uk

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Graham has/had responsibility at Wealden DC for Affordable Housing, and that is a laugh if ever we've heard one. For years this council have done all within their power not to deliver housing at affordable prices. Their agenda has been to restrict builds, typically awarding permissions to favoured developers. The only way that Councillor Wells can sort this one out is to sack all the bent planning officers, redraw the boundaries and purchase land by compulsory orders if that becomes necessary. But councils are cowards when it comes to securing land for the poor and homeless, when it means taking it from the rich landowners.

Wealden is a substantial district covering some 323 square miles of lush downland where wealthy people like to retire. Hmmm, that sounds a bit like Roy - so we bet he feels right at home. Wealden is the largest district in East Sussex, home to some 143,000 people. 

EASTBOURNE HERALD Friday 13 January 2012

A NEW Neighbourhood Agreement has been signed to help transform Hailsham’s Town Farm Estate for its 800 households.

A survey organised by Wealden District Council earlier this year identified safety and security, litter and waste dumping, house conditions and lack of community spirit as the four main stumbling blocks to creating a happier community.

Wealden District Council, Sussex Police, East Sussex Targeted Youth Development Service and the Living Word Community Church have signed a Neighbourhood Agreement with the Town Farm Residents’ Association to work together bring about improvements.

The agreement sets out four priorities: to clean up the appearance of the estate; make people feel safer on Town Farm; improve the Housing Services on the estate and increase the sense of community spirit.

“We are already seeing the benefits of closer working with the Police and Wealden District Council on the estate,” said Councillor Stuart Towner, Chairman of the Town Farm Residents’ Association.

“It is beginning to make a real difference to the community and I hope more organisations will get involved.”

Cllr Graham Wells, Cabinet Member for Affordable Housing on Wealden District Council, said, “I have seen some terrific things on the Town Farm estate.

“The work being done by the Residents’ Association is so important to building up community spirit.

“This agreement has kick started a good working relationship and the Wealden District Council will do all it can to help residents make a real difference.”

PC Justin Dighton, of the Wealden Neighbourhood policing team, said, “This is an exciting time for Town Farm and we fully support this alongside all of the partner agencies.

“It is our aim to ensure everyone can live in a safe and secure environment without feeling worried about their own or others’ wellbeing. PCSO Parrish Claxton and myself already have a very close working relationship with the Residents’ Association and we hope to continue in this vein.”

As a result of the agreement, there will be a new recycling point installed on the estate, a free bulk refuse collection three times a year and an annual community clear-up led by the Residents’ Association.

Sussex Police will continue to support a range of activities for young people on the estate including the new skate park, the Friday Night Project and links with Arlington speedway.

It will also use acceptable behaviour contracts and other ways of monitoring young people who disrupt life on the estate.

As well as pursuing housing improvements on the estate, Wealden’s housing officers will carry out six scheduled walkabouts a year and regularly report to meetings of the Town Farms Residents’ Association.

To encourage community involvement, the Residents’ Association will hold regular open meetings in Hailsham East Community Centre at 6.30pm on the second Tuesday of each month, as well as publish a residents’ newsletter and try to organise a Town Farm football team and other activities for the community.

Weekly youth clubs providing a wide range of activities are organised by the Residents’ Association with support from the Town Council, Targeted Youth Development Service and the Living Word Community Church.

The clubs, for eight-12 year olds and 13-19 year olds, are held at the Maurice Thornton Pavilion.

The agreement follows a popular partnership agreement for the Alderbrook estate in Crowborough.

To make sure the agreement is working, the partners will produce an annual progress report in November each year.

Another survey of the estate will be carried out in April 2013.

A RESPONSIBLE COUNCIL

This Council's responsibilities include housing, planning, building control, waste collection, recycling, emergency planning and economic regeneration. That last one appears beyond the grasp of civil servants - and that is why the national debt is so high. They spend taxpayers money tying up would be entrepreneurs in knots, yet these entrepreneurs are the grass-roots lifeblood of the economy. As many readers will appreciate, government directives are to encourage small businesses. Wealden, don't seem to get it. The national debt is increasing by some £2.5 billion a week, and all local authorities with corrupt officers still in their employ are partly to blame.

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