On 10th January, five of our Committee members met with Committee members of the Woolton and Wavertree Societies, and Steve Corbett - the City Council's Conservation Team Leader - who brought with him Wendy Morgan, the Principal Conservation Officer responsible for Conservation Area and Listed Building matters within our area. On the agenda were: planning enforcement in Conservation Areas, highways work (including pavement repairs), the role of the Conservation Section in advising on planning applications, and the need for Conservation Area Appraisals and Advisory Leaflets.

All of these topics were the subject of lively discussion. We were not happy with everything we heard, but we came away from the meeting with some ideas for future collaboration - like the production of advisory leaflets for Conservation Area residents and businesses. It was particularly good to see such a strong contingent from the 're-born' Woolton Society, and we look forward to further get-togethers later on in the year.

If you are interested in taking part in these and similar discussions, why not join our Committee? You will be made very welcome. Please ask any existing member for information about when we meet and what is involved.