Cllr Dakers calls for urgent recruitment of Town Centre Manager for Brentford and Hounslow Town Centres

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Thu 22nd Oct 2009

Councillor Dakers, Councillor for Brentford Ward and Chair of Brentford High Street Steering Group, tonight moved approval of a motion calling on the Leader of the Council, Cllr Peter Thompson, to press ahead with recruiting a Town Centre Manager for Brentford High Street and Hounslow The motion was seconded by Councillor Paul Fisher of the Independent Community Group.

The Brentford High Street Steering Group is an umbrella body supported on a cross-party basis by local councillors to drive forward the regeneration of Brentford High Street and implement short term measures to improve trading conditions on the High Street.

Speaking to the motion, Cllr Dakers, said:

"This was first suggested in The Community Vision for Brentford High Street in November 2007. We are losing ever more businesses from the High Street which now needs a full time professional employed to promote and improve the town centre, as well as sign-post small businesses to the support they need.

"What is extraordinary is that despite having identified the funding for the post, there is still no action by the council, whilst local people are losing their livelihoods."

MOTION

The Isleworth and Brentford Area Committee calls for the Leader of the Council to proceed with the recruitment of a Town Centre Manager for Brentford and Hounslow through an urgent report to the November Executive. Given the steps that have already been taken, and years of discussion, any further delay is considered unacceptable given that Brentford High Street is a ''special project'' of Community Plan and so many retail units are now closing or derelict on High Street Brentford.

Voting for: Councillors Caroline Andrews (Community Group), Phil Andrews (Community Group), Cadbury (Lab), Dakers (Lib Dem), Paul Fisher (Community Group), Shirley Fisher (Community Group), Hardy (Community Group), Harmer (Lab), and Hibbs (Community Group).

Abstained: Councillors Carey (Conservative) and Reid (Conservative)

Related Links:

Brentford High Street Steering Group

Isleworth and Brentford Area Planning Committee - Agenda - 22 Oct 2009