Liberal Democrats are asking Redcar & Cleveland Council to include building a proper pier in its Local Plan. The Labour run council says that “the Local Plan sets out a vision for improving the quality of life in the borough as a place to live and work and will determine how much development will take […]

Liberal Democrats in Redcar & Cleveland yesterday backed a motion opposing the Labour Council’s draft Local Plan. Liberal Democrats together with other opposition councillors produced the closest vote ever seen at the Council when the Labour Mayor, Marske Councillor Vic Jeffries, used his casting vote to push through the Plan. The draft Local Plan proposes […]

Liberal Democrats on Redcar & Cleveland Council are pushing for more and better cycle paths in the borough. Councillor Eric Howden, who represents Dormanstown, is leading the campaign. A keen cyclist, Eric cycled 350km across Jordan in 2007 to raise over £5000 for children’s charities. This week the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow approved a […]

The Lib Dem Team understand the Council will not renew the farmer’s lease on the Swan’s Corner field. Their masterplan includes a scheme to build 115 houses on this green space – and thousands more near the A171. The main reason is to raise more Council Tax revenues.

With only two weeks to go until the crucial council vote on the so-called “vertical pier”, Liberal Democrats on Redcar & Cleveland Council are asking why there is still no business plan in place. The Labour-run council wants to build a viewing tower on Redcar seafront. This is supported by the Conservatives but opposed by […]

Keeping up the pressure following Labour’s massive local election defeat in Redcar town, the Council’s Lib Dem Group have put forward a formal motion for the Council to stop the “vertical pier” development. Following the local elections Labour now have only four councillors in the town compared with 11 for the Liberal Democrats. West Dyke […]