WBC
From the Leader: Reasons to be Positive
We could all do with some good news, so I thought it might help if I listed just a few of the borough council’s recent successes.
20 Mar 2025
News
From the Chamber: Thank you to our Library Volunteers
Could you help in your local library? Recent years have seen severe and increasing pressure on all local authority budgets, including Wokingham’s. The help of volunteers in our libraries is now essential.
20 Mar 2025
From the Chamber: what does the council do for me?
Most of the day-to-day contacts we get as Councillors relate to potholes, streetlights and grass cutting, which in financial terms are actually quite a small part of the services we provide.
13 Mar 2025
From the Leader: Improving the Council Processes
Everyone deserves the chance to contribute. Individuals feel happier and more fulfilled, and we all benefit from tapping the talent available in our community. This has shaped the administration’s thinking on initiatives such as the Community Vision.
13 Mar 2025
From the Leader: A Big Day for the Local Plan
Last Friday, Wokingham Borough Council submitted its new Local Plan for inspector’s examination, a vital stage in the journey towards its use in determining planning applications.
6 Mar 2025
From the Chamber: All Aboard the Bus
My brief is Active Transport, Travel and Highways. I have found it an interesting brief with many challenges, and a sense of achievement when things get delivered.
6 Mar 2025
Lib Dems call for calm over California Crossroads
The new California Crossroads junction is proving to be safe. Conservative councillors’ increasingly desperate statements seek only to divide and undermine public confidence.
6 Mar 2025
Development
Wokingham Local Plan Submitted for Inspection
Wokingham Borough Council has submitted its Local Plan for inspector’s examination. The timing of the submission is important, for it enables the council to realise the benefits of the new plan quickly.
28 Feb 2025
From the Leader: Why Council Tax had to go up
Unpalatable choices have been forced on all councils as they struggle with increased demand for services, especially in adults and children’s social care, and rising costs in the delivery of those services.
27 Feb 2025