Sir John Whittingdale took part in a summit meeting of interested authorities to discuss the future of the Maldon District.
The meeting took place in Maldon Town Hall and was attended by leaders and members of Essex County Council, Maldon District Council, Mid and South Essex NHS and Maldon Town Council. Discussion focussed on future housing growth in the Maldon district and how best to ensure that the road infrastructure, health service provision and public transport services could support this.
Sir John said at the meeting: “This was a very valuable discussion about the future provision of public services in the District and it was great to have such strong representation from all the relevant bodies attending the meeting in Maldon. Our local infrastructure is already under huge pressure and the further housing growth that the new Government is insisting upon will only add to that. We agreed that we need greater co-ordination at every level of Government, local and national, and that we will have regular meetings going forward to plan how best to protect and improve our local infrastructure on which residents depend.”
Pictured below are:
Seated:
Richard Holmes, Director of Service Delivery, Maldon District Council
County Councillor Kevin Bentley, Leader of Essex County Council
Kate Butcher, NHS Alliance Deputy Director for Mid Essex
Sir John Whittingdale MP, Member of Parliament for Maldon
Standing:
County Councillor John Spence, Essex County Council Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care
County Councillor Mark Durham, Member for Heybridge and Tollesbury
County Councillor Jane Fleming, Member for Maldon
Cllr Richard Siddall, Leader of Maldon District Council
Georgina Button, Maldon District Council
County Councillor Wendy Stamp, Member for Southminster
Cllr Andrew Lay, Mayor of Maldon
County Councillor Lee Scott, Cabinet Member for Planning and Growth
