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Kerry Ashdown

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Local Democracy Reporter at The Sentinel (Stoke)

Reporter at Staffordshire Live

Local Democracy Reporter covering Staffordshire. Loves cats, dogs, birds, playing with yarn, eating everything, music festivals and bright colours. Views my own

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  • Developer submits Loggerheads 138-home plan after appeal win

    3 days ago | bbc.com | Kerry Ashdown

    Developer submits village plan after appeal winKerry AshdownLocal Democracy Reporter, StaffordshireBBCResidents had campaigned against the plans in LoggerheadsDetailed plans have been submitted for nearly 140 new homes in a village after campaigners lost a battle to block the development. Shropshire Homes won its appeal earlier this year to overturn Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council's decision to refuse planning permission for up to 150 homes in Loggerheads, Staffordshire.

  • Residents object to plans for 88 new homes behind Staffordshire housing estate

    3 days ago | expressandstar.com | Kerry Ashdown

    Persimmon Homes is proposing the development on land to the north east of Cherrybrook Drive, between the canal and the M6. A previous application for up to 80 homes on the site was rejected by South Staffordshire Council’s planning committee in 2018. The latest proposals are for 88 homes, with access from Kentmere Close.

  • Tax collection at a high but council writes off over £200k in business debts

    5 days ago | alittlebitofstone.com | Kerry Ashdown

    Stafford Borough Council has recorded its best tax collection rate since the Covid pandemic, but senior members have agreed to write off more than £200,000 in business rate debts considered irrecoverable. In total, 97.8% of council tax and 98.6% of business rates due for 2024/25 were collected by the end of March, cabinet members heard at their meeting on Thursday, 29th May.

  • Stafford council writes off 'irrecoverable' business rates worth more than £200k despite best collection rate recorded

    5 days ago | expressandstar.com | Kerry Ashdown

    In total 97.8 per cent of council tax and 98.6 per cent of business rates due for 2024/25 were collected by the end of March, cabinet members heard at their meeting on Thursday (May 29). Both collection levels are up from last year – and the business rate total was the best the authority has recorded, a report said.

  • Staffordshire teen who underwent pioneering surgery wins council’s Youth Endeavour Award

    5 days ago | expressandstar.com | Kerry Ashdown

    Abi Tomkinson, 13, is an inspiration to staff and fellow students alike at Kingsmead School, district councillors heard at their annual meeting. She was born with Treacher-Collins Syndrome, a rare condition affecting bones and tissue in the face. She was just three months old when she underwent a life-saving tracheostomy. In 2018 she made history when she became the first person in Europe to receive pioneering subcranial rotation distraction surgery to improve her airways.

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Kerry Ashdown @KerryAshdownLDR
18 Nov 24

I've spent a marvellous couple of days at the LDRS conference in Media City in Salford catching up with #LDReporter colleagues - and I was most surprised to get handed this certificate by Sir Lindsay Hoyle! I guess I'm doing fairly ok at this local democracy reporting lark https://t.co/cYnDSUiwBZ