Podsmead
Councillor Sebastian Field represents Podsmead Ward on Gloucester City Council and was first elected in a by-election in July 2019.
Sebastian is a former Mayor of Gloucester and previously served as a city councillor in Kingsholm Ward for nine years.
He has a strong record standing up for Podsmead on the city council. He has spoken up and asked questions of the Conservative administration, and fought for a fair deal for our area.
He has challenged the Conservative-run Highways department at Shire Hall over the poor state of Podsmead's roads and pavements.
You can contact Sebastian on 07708 345 857 or sebastian.field@gloucester.gov.uk
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Article: Jan 6, 2021
A Lib Dem councillor has welcomed the granting of planning consent for Gloucester's £85 million digital quarter.
Councillors have given consent for the first phase of The Forum, including 43 apartments and retail space in the Kings Quarter redevelopment. Work on the first phase is expected to start in the spring.
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Article: Dec 17, 2020
A Liberal Democrat councillor has welcomed improvement work to the runways at Gloucestershire Airport.
Councillors at Gloucester City Council and Cheltenham Borough Council, which are joint shareholders of the airport, agreed the redevelopment.
The two councils will provide funding for the resurfacing work and in return the airport will transfer the Meteor business park to the councils, which will provide an annual rental income of £650,000.
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Article: Dec 1, 2020By Jeremy Hilton
The Liberal Democrats are urging council bosses to step in and secure the long-term future of the Debenhams site in Gloucester after the department store announced its closure.
The nationwide chain is planning on closing all its 124 stores across the country with the loss of 12,000 jobs.
Debenhams had been in administration since April and it is not known when the store in Kings Square, which has been open since 1973, will close.
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Article: Nov 20, 2020Liberal Democrat councillors on Gloucester City Council have launched a "call-in" of the ruling Conservative administration's decision to rule out taking waste services back under direct council control - accusing them of "political bias".At a meeting of the cabinet last week, Tory councillors rejected the option of bringing household bin collections, recycling, street cleaning and grounds maintenance back in-house - claiming the move was "unaffordable".
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Article: Nov 17, 2020
Calls have been made for the £6 million project to upgrade Gloucester railway station to begin early next year.
On November 19, the city council will debate a motion proposed by Lib Dem councillors Jeremy Hilton and Sebastian Field calling for the work to start in the first quarter of 2021.
The project will involve a major upgrade of the underpass running from Bruton Way to Great Western Road.
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Article: Oct 26, 2020
Gloucester Liberal Democrats are expressing concerns about the e-scooter trial in the city centre.
They fear the dangers the e-scooters might present to pedestrians and especially blind, partially sighted and disabled people in the city.
The 12mph e-scooters are virtually silent and blind or partially sighted people could find it hard to hear them coming and risk injury or worse.
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Article: Oct 25, 2020
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the county and city councils to support hungry children in Gloucester failed by the Government's decision not to fund school meals through the half-term school holidays.
After a high-profile campaign led by footballer Marcus Rashford, the Government provided food vouchers for the poorest families through the summer holidays.
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Article: Oct 9, 2020
There will be a drastic cut in the number of affordable homes being built in Gloucester if the Conservative Government presses ahead with changes to the planning system.
The Government is proposing to scrap the duty of developers to build affordable housing on sites for up to 40 or 50 homes.
It means that in Gloucester if the 50 homes threshold was adopted 111 fewer affordable homes built in the city over the next decade - a cut of 10% on current plans.
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Article: Sep 21, 2020Over 500 people have signed a petition to keep the popular Sainsbury's supermarket in Gloucester city centre open after its closure was announced.Liberal Democrat Dr Rebecca Trimnell launched the petition after learning the supermarket in Northgate Street will close.The supermarket giant has been in the same location for 50 years and the store is a vital lifeline for people who live near the city centre.
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Article: Sep 14, 2020
The Liberal Democrats have written to the chief executive of Sainsbury's PLC about the proposed closure of its Northgate Street supermarket.
Councillor Jeremy Hilton, leader of Gloucester Lib Dems, wrote to Simon Roberts about the future of the store, which has been trading successfully for nearly 50 years.