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May 2nd Local Council Elections
PIP win all 24 mainland ward councillor seats!

Achievements in the first 2 years of the CPBC Independent Administration

  • 0% CPBC portion of Council Tax increase for 2024/25 with a balanced budget.

  • Restructured the council to be more efficient, with annual savings in excess of £500k.

  • Working on the new Local Plan that enhances the borough and produces a strategy for how it will look over the next 20 years. The Castle Point Plan will be submitted on time by April 2025 and will reflect residents' views expressed through the consultation process.

  • Funded the Highway Ranger service after Conservative run Essex County Council removed funding.

  • Approved building of 7 new council houses (only 11 were built in the last 10 years).

  • Voted down the disastrous Conservative Local Plan which would have destroyed much of Castle Point's Green Belt forever.

  • Withdrew the old Conservative Local Plan.

  • Implemented the Community Infrastructure Levy on new developments to help deliver the infrastructure needed in the area. This should have been implemented years ago and would have raised around £5 to £8 million over the last 10 years.

  • £1.5M capital spending programme to rejuvenate buildings neglected over the last 20 years.

  • Enhancing and developing our community assets to ensure their long-term use and started a program of fun family events announced for 2024.

We are The People's Independent Party  
Local People For Local People

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PIP Street Stalls

Our local councillors are at street stalls the first 4 Saturdays of every month , 10am - 12 midday weather permitting, talking to and listening to local residents;
1st Saturday at Hadleigh (outside Iceland)
2nd Saturday at Thundersley Village
3rd Saturday at Tarpots
4th Saturday at Benfleet High Rd. (outside Co-Op)

THE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION FREEZE THE CPBC PORTION OF COUNCIL TAX FOR 2024/25 MUNICIPAL YEAR

See budget speech delivered by Steve Mountford, CPBC Cabinet Member for Resources

PIP leader Warren Gibson reacts to the tremendous local election results Thursday May 4th 2023
John highlights some of the beautiful Greenbelt that could have been lost if the 2019 Conservative Local Plan had not been withdrawn, plus also some of the issues the ward faces, which John as a resident, is already working on.
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