Summer Recess Ends
Congratulations to our MP Lisa Nandy who has been made Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Standish with Langtree Branch of Wigan CLP held their first meeting after the summer recess
Following the summer break and the Labour Leadership result, Standish Branch held their meeting at Standish Labour Club. We have more than doubled our membership since the General Election with many more new members joining following Jeremy Corbyn's election as Leader. A very successful meeting with lots of ideas for the future.
Standish Voice 
Last week I attended the monthly meeting of Standish voice at the Unity Club having missed the August meeting due to holidays. As always it is wonderful to see residents working together for the benefit of Standish. Having been designated as a Neighbourhood Forum, The Neighbourhood Plan being worked on will be completed after full consultation with residents. Standish Voice have distributed a questionnaire to all residents and businesses and the results have now been published. Read about what is happening, how you can get involved and dates of future meetings on the website. http://www.standishvoice.co.uk
Ashfield Park 
Following the 2 day public inquiry which took place early in September, the independent inspector has recommended that Cllr Gareth Fairhurst's application to give Ashfield Park village green status should be turned down. In tonight's Wigan Evening Post Deputy Leader of Wigan Council David Molyneux said
“While we are happy that the inspector has agreed with our view that village green status is not suitable for the park we are disappointed the application has gone through a long drawn out process which has cost the council £32,000 which could have been used to protect vital services for example helping vulnerable children. “We have always maintained that the park is safe from development and we see only one use for this vibrant green jewel in the Standish community and that is exactly what it is now – a flourishing park. We are backing that up through our Allocations Plan to enhanced protection against future developments.“Residents in Standish will be able to have their say in a public consultation and the plan could be amended to extend the historic park and garden designation, which currently applies to part of the park, to protect the whole park. The plan will then inform planning decisions up to 2026.“This would mean Ashfield is protected and can benefit from the £5m investment in community facilities and infrastructure from house builders in Standish.”
As well as costing us, the tax payer, money, funds were raised by Cllr Fairhurst through donations from residents.
What a waste of money!!
