Councillor Andrew Garratt

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Title: Group Leader

Party: Liberal Democrat

Electoral Division: Parkhurst and Hunnyhill

Contact information

Home address: 
78 Worsley Road
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5JD

Phone:  01983 524623

Email:  andrew.garratt@iow.gov.uk

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Committee appointments

Term of Office

  • 04/05/2017 -

Annual Report

I was delighted to see play equipment installed in Hookes Way following contributions from Sovereign Housing Association, Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council, and Isle of Wight Council. As promised, we involved local children in choosing the equipment. Over the next year, I will work to find suitable sites for play areas in the northern parts of the ward, and the funding needed for more equipment.

 

I was pleased to get a commitment to a ‘masterplan’ approach to any development of local sites in the draft Island Planning Strategy. However, I could not vote for the strategy because it still proposed over 1,000 new homes in the north of the ward which could have a massive impact environmentally and on local infrastructure. I will continue to make the case for a lower number.

 

There is still a need for safer pedestrian crossing by the mini-roundabout near Lidl. I am pleased that a pedestrian count has now taken place. I will be pressing for action on this over the coming year. In the north of the ward, I will continue to take up residents’ concerns at the impact of roadworks along Horsebridge Hill and Cowes Road. This delays traffic with residents then suffering from increased air pollution.

 

Residents have told me how much they appreciated the new street lighting across the prison estates during the winter months. I shall carry on pressing the council to get on with the promised repairs to roads and pavements that it now owns.

 

I continue to support council efforts to tackle poverty, particularly given the cost-of-living crisis. At budget time, I put forward proposals that could accelerate the provision of affordable housing by the council. Although these were not accepted when it came to a vote, I will continue pressing for a more ambitious council approach.

 

Andrew Garratt

April 2023