Very Tall People live in Prestwick!

We have recently had a magnificent new notice board erected in Prestwick by Ponteland Town Council and I'm sure all residents will be grateful for that.

But what a shame more thought had not been given to its erection. There are guidelines about "Accessibility" issues - it's far too high. Someone in a wheelchair has no chance of reading any notices posted and even tall people will have difficulty.

Ponteland Town Council Local Plan consultation

Make your submission to the Town Council before 10th august 2012.

Here is your starter for 10!

3.6.5                     In previous plans it has been recognised that Prestwick has no defined “development” boundary and that the whole of the “village” is “over washed” by green belt. It should be made clear that this case remains.

3.1.10                The plan fails to recognise the existence of area E2A in the previous plan. Omission of a policy for area E2A from the current plan could prejudice the resulting policy. This area is owned by Newcastle Airport and scheduled for industrial use.

Transport: The traffic flow figures clearly demonstrate that the amount of “bypassable” vehicles is modest and that it is East/West traffic rather than North/South. There appears to be a failure to recognise that the A696 is no longer a Trunk Road ( eg, 3.5.1) and that any bypass will have to be ‘locally’ funded. Whilst the building of a bypass in the next 30 years is going to be difficult to justify there is more chance of building a less expensive B6342/Berwick Hill link than an A696 bypass