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Council leader wades into Worthing cafe row
11:10am Sunday 28th February 2010
A council leader has stepped into a row over the banning of alfresco tables and chairs at a town centre cafe.
Councillor Paul Yallop, the leader of Worthing Borough Council, said he wanted the “mess” sorted out.
He was dismayed that the ban was imposed on the Cafe Continental in Montague Place, Worthing, by unelected officers without councillors being consulted.
Coun Yallop said the blame for the row was being passed between the borough council and West Sussex County Council, which controls highways.
Worthing Access and Mobility Group, which represents disabled and blind people in the town, also hit out at the ban, which was imposed because the tables and chairs were deemed a “highway hazard”.
It said none of its members had a problem with the cafe.
The row erupted after the cafe was refused planning permission for alfresco tables and chairs despite having put them outside for 14 years without a problem.
Mr and Mrs Jones were told they could only site them under the cafe canopy, restricting numbers, despite the fact that Montague Place was regarded as the centre of Worthing's cafe culture.
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Big Nasty, says...
12:00pm Sun 28 Feb 10
markokeeffe, Worthing says...
12:10pm Sun 28 Feb 10
RSMYTHERMAN, Worthing says...
12:47pm Sun 28 Feb 10
If this FIASCO tells us anything it is the need for ONE local authority for coastal West Sussex under the leadership of an elected Mayor - Probably a bit radical for Worthing though....
Gubbins, says...
2:43pm Sun 28 Feb 10
The first entry on this topic is predictable. Username RSMYTHRMAN is an irate Liberal-Democrat Councillor who was made to look like a clown recently and forced to apologise.
I copied this off the Worthing Conservative website.
http://www.worthingc
onservatives.org.uk/
index.php?sectionid=
3&pagenumber=111
The article is in their news archive. Laughable really, the Lib-Dems were kicked out in 2004 for near total incompetence.
pyallop, Worthing says...
4:45pm Sun 28 Feb 10
co.uk/politics/blog/
2009/feb/03/lib-dems
-elections
At last weeks council meeting Cllr Smytherman, who is also a cllr at West Sussex Council, asked why Worthing Council was not taking enforcement action against establishments in Worthing who were placing tables on the pavement without planning permission. We know whose side he takes then!
pat of worthing, worthing says...
5:56pm Sun 28 Feb 10
Gubbins, says...
6:48pm Sun 28 Feb 10
Councillor Smytherman (Liberal Democrats - (Worthing - Tarring Ward) likes to run with the hare AND hunt with the hounds !
Just a two faced over elected non-person.
Big Nasty, says...
7:42pm Sun 28 Feb 10
Gubbins wrote:Well all I can say is Councillor Bob Smytherman has done more for the area that we live than any of the conservative Councillors, come to think of it I don't even know who the Conservative councillor is for this area, they are so inactive!.
Mmmmm, see username 'pyallop 's posting above. My suspicions were right.
Councillor Smytherman (Liberal Democrats - (Worthing - Tarring Ward) likes to run with the hare AND hunt with the hounds !
Just a two faced over elected non-person.
Gubbins, says...
9:08pm Sun 28 Feb 10
What specifically has Councillor Bob Smytherman done compared to this ?
http://www.worthingc
onservatives.org.uk/
index.php?sectionid=
3&pagenumber=125
Please please, no more self gratuitous promotion for non-achievers.
I will grant you one thing though, the Libs are damned hard workers even if they are wrong headed and just a bit barmy
worthingite, worthing says...
9:19pm Sun 28 Feb 10
Gubbins, says...
6:10am Mon 1 Mar 10
You will realise you are completely wrong on every point you make when you and others on here read the budget speech.
http://www.worthingc
onservatives.org.uk/
index.php?sectionid=
3&pagenumber=125
tilburyre, Worthing says...
9:13am Mon 1 Mar 10
Other establishments seem to have table outside in Montague Place. Was this the one that told you not to feed the seagulls? In which case, serves them right - it's my decision whether I feed gulls not some cafe owner's.
John Steed, worthing says...
8:48pm Mon 1 Mar 10
however wscc highways chose to ignore a two tonne pile of slate stacked in pavillion road illegally placed for nearly a year, WBC got it moved in 3 days by the simple expediant of phoning up the owner and advising him that it had to go or else, it was shifted in a couple of days.
In my experiance it is easier to talk to an unelcted council official and get something done than an elected official who seems content in playing party politics and is happy to remain oblivious to the needs of worthing and the real world.
as for the seating and tables there is no valid reason as to why permission could not or should not begranted, they should be given licensed permission immediately
with respect to the owner of this establishment placing notices about feeding the gulls, on one occasion I was there a gull swooped and knicked an eclair just as a plate was put on a table, maybe they are not aware gulls cannot read
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RSMYTHERMAN, Worthing says...
11:29am Sun 28 Feb 10
Real lack of Political leadership in Worthing!