Westminster Park Residents Association

You are invited to attend workshops that are being held as part of the extended consultation on the Chester Air Quality Action Plan. The workshops have been rescheduled from December due to the General Election and very little notice has been given, but if you are able to attend or comment, the Council would appreciate your comments.

Drop-in events:

 Drop-in events will take place for the public and businesses to discuss any aspect of the action plan.

Events will take place at:

Chester Meeting Rooms, Chester Quaker Meeting House, Union Walk (off Frodsham Street), Chester CH1 3LF

The events are scheduled for 2pm to 7.30pm:

• Thursday 6 February – event for members of the public
• Thursday 13 February – event for local businesses

The consultation finishes on 16 February. For more information, please click on the link below:

https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/chesterairqualityconsultation

Westminster Park Residents’ Association is a member of the Chester Residents’ Associations Group (CRAG) which has identified Chester city centre anti-social behaviour as one of its key issues. Problems around drug use, street drinking and begging seem particularly prevalent.

To help better understand how ASB is influencing how residents use the city centre, we would like you to complete this short survey.  The results will be collated and shared with Cheshire West & Chester Council (CW&C) and Cheshire Police to help them to understand the impact that ASB is having in order to direct resources more effectively.

The survey should take 6-8 minutes to complete and we recommend that you complete this on a device larger than a smartphone. A similar questionnaire is being conducted by CH1ChesterBID to Chester businesses as a joint approach with CRAG to understand this issue from an overall point of view.

Your individual input will remain anonymous unless you give your specific permission.

https://consult.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/portal/transport_strat/lcwip?pointId=

Jennifer Crew

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Great fun had was by all at the Westminster Park Christmas Lights Switch-on which took place on Thursday 5th December.

The Lord Mayor of Chester, Councillor Mark Williams, lead the countdown assisted by two members of the Belgrave Primary School choir.  Once the lights had been switched on the choir entertained the crowd of local residents with a selection of Christmas songs.

Refreshments were provided by the Westminster Park shops – mince pies from the Co-op, hot dogs from Bebbington’s butchers, pizza by Al Forno and prawns from Bebbington & Williams fishmongers.  The Westminster Park Residents’ Association supplied juice and mulled wine.

We are most grateful to our local councillors Neil Sullivan and Razia Daniels for providing funding from their Members’ Budgets to assist with the purchase of new lights for the trees opposite the shops and a beautiful Christmas tree, supplied by Francis Thomas, greengrocers.

All photographs are courtesy of Elise Mignon Weir.  Many thanks Elise.

The Lord Mayor of Chester congratulated Belgrave choir.

Belgrave Primary School choir

The crowd of local residents enjoyed the singing of Belgrave choir.

Councillors Neil Sullivan and Razia Daniels joined the Lord Mayor of Chester and Jennifer Crew of WPRA to admire the newly lit Christmas tree.

Councillors Neil Sullivan and Razia Daniels with the Lord Mayor of Chester together with Jennifer Crew of WPRA in front of the trees by Westminster Park shops car park.

In case you are not already aware, Cheshire West and Chester Council want to hear your views on the challenges and opportunities facing Cheshire West and Chester over the next few years.

• How could the Council make a difference?
• How should the Council fund tackling these challenges?
• How could we and our community play a part?

They want to start a conversation about what the Council’s focus should be for the next four years, how they use their budget and how we may want to get involved.

You can offer your views by going to this website:

https://participatenow.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/play-your-part

The consultation is due to close on 5 December, so there is not much time left to make your views known.

Belgrave choir singing last year. Photo courtesy of Anne Ord Sykes

Excitement is rising in Westminster Park as local residents prepare for an evening of festive fun on Thursday 5th December 2019 when their Christmas Lights will be switched on by the Lord Mayor of Chester.

This pre-Christmas treat will include singing by Belgrave Primary School choir, seasonal refreshments supplied by Westminster Park Residents’ Association and local shops, festive music and a visit from you know who!

Starting at 4.45pm with the arrival of the Lord Mayor of Chester, Councillor Councillor Mark Williams, this local event is a family friendly celebration of the start of the festive season. At 5pm the Lord Mayor will count down to the Christmas lights switch-on and then Belgrave Primary School choir will entertain the crowd with a selection of Christmas songs. To complete the exciting evening, Santa will be putting in an appearance to reward youngsters with satsumas and sweets.

During the evening, refreshments will be served with the generous assistance of Westminster Park shops: hotdogs from S.J. Bebbington Butchers, mince pies from the Co-op, prawns from Bebbington & Williams Fishmongers and mulled wine and juice courtesy of Westminster Park Residents’ Association.

This local event would not be able to take place without the amazing support of local councillors Neil Sullivan and Razia Daniels. This year they have not only most generously provided help from their Members’ Budget to purchase a Christmas tree, but have also enabled the local community to buy some new lights for the permanent trees by the Westminster Park shops car park.