Here
at the nutters, were not quite sure whether to solidly link our story to
Shakespeare’s description of Cardinal Wolsey or Charles Dickens Great
Expectations, after tea and biscuits in the office we thought we had better
stick with Shakespeare and his description in Henry VIII “The devil speed him! No man's pie is freed from this
ambitious finger!”. So lets speed on by explaining to the unsuspecting
residents of Newbiggin by the Sea whats happening in their name and the people
behind them who wish to see the Town of Newbiggin by the Sea change to their
own personal specifications.
Lets start with the Town Council who are working towards the roll-out a neighbourhood development plan for Newbiggin by the Sea using a local planning consultant at great expense http://www.newbiggintowncouncil.gov.uk/neighbourhood-plan/ which we hope does not include too many toilets and the expense of running them, but at least via the link above it shows they are working their way through the process and if enough local people get involved the resulting plan may be shaped towards the needs of both the Community of Newbiggin and the County Council who sit as the planning authority over the whole County and also manage the grant aid cash to deliver the plans.
But it appears that the consultations are being coloured by a number of individuals and groups who are seeking access to the pots of cash that deprived areas may be gifted over the next few years (as we move towards the next General Election) to drive their own agenda’s. The public in Newbiggin by the Sea deserve to be told about these agenda’s and ensure that they get themselves involved and colour the changes their way.
For our second pie dippers we appear to have NEWBIGGIN VENTURES a group which has links with Town Councillors and Labour activists, appears to be a spin off from the Portas Pilot scheme and has produced an economic plan without any delivery funding behind it. This may be the plan used to drive the Town Council’s consultation unless enough people get involved and look at it.
The ‘improvements’ centre on the southern extremities of the beach and cliff area and will inevitably have to have the Town Council ‘dog ban’ extended to the whole beach area, driving out many cash tourists who like to spend a little time and plenty of money in the Town’s shops and leisure industry outlets as ‘ventures’ introduce camping areas, industrial pods and beach huts onto or near a very narrow promenade and turn the bay into a marina for the yacht society.
The same group of yachting people who have had very little influence on expanding Amble or Blyth’s shopping and cash turnover so someone needs to explain and that’s really explain how they expect that to be different in Newbiggin? (by the Sea). To get a copy of the Draft economic plan you can write to the Ventures company at the address in the link to companies house: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08395585
The other group Newbiggin Development
Trust or is it person? Involved with the future of Newbiggin by the Sea is
one Hilton Dawson. Mr Dawson’s career is well documented. In 2003 he quit as a
Labour MP after calling for Tony Blair to resign https://wwwlancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5883845.mp-hilton-quit/ to move back to his native North-East.
Later he slipped into a job as secretary and
CEX of a pseudo trade union led association and quietly slipped out to return
once again to his native North-East.
He then went on to form his own Political
Party the North East Party which he is currently advertising on Newbiggin
Community sites. It had a short run of success in the Durham Coastal Towns as
at the height of Brexit mania it attracted those who couldn’t get selected by
UKIP to stand in Town Council seats.
Meanwhile in July 2020 the Town Council managed to get all three groups to agree to a ‘Masterplan’ it doesn’t seem available online at the moment but Alan Thompson, Mr Newbiggin (by the Sea) as he likes to think of himself let things slip on his Wansbeck Matters blog: http://wansbeckmatters.org/a-strategic-plan-for-2020-in-newbiggin-by-the-sea/
And his Marina plans: http://wansbeckmatters.org/newbiggin-bay-project/
Newbiggin by the Sea people who are interested in what the few keep secret while the many pick up the costs need to get an electronic copy of the ‘Masterplan’ via the Freedom of Information process from the Town Council and circulate it. Were led to believe it contains plans to double the number of public loos in the Town and expose residents to costs and projects that they may not be able to afford to participate in.
Shakespeare was right after all, too many fingers in
too many pies.
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