Zero Playgroup Provision

I have just become a granddad and when this happens, your mind and focus turns towards the bairns. So I went looking for pre-school nursery provision in North Lanarkshire Council. Not that the bairn is ready yet but there are some families in Westfield who depend on nursery provision. Look at the statistics.

Area	Percentage of Population Aged 0 – 5	Full Time Equivalent Places
1. POSTAL CODE ML1- MOTHERWELL	6.5% OF TOTAL POPULATION	210
2. POSTAL CODE ML2 – WISHAW	6.3% OF TOTAL POPULATION	160
3. POSTAL CODE ML4 – BELLSHILL	6.7% OF TOTAL POPULATION	80
4. POSTAL CODE ML5 – COATBRIDGE	6.7% OF TOTAL POPULATION	211
5. POSTAL CODE ML6 – AIRDRIE	6.6% OF TOTAL POPULATION	309
6. POSTAL CODE h4L7 – SHOTTS	6.6% OF TOTAL POPULATION	90
7 . POSTAL CODE G65 - KlLSYTH	6.6% OF TOTAL POPULATION	120
8. POSTAL CODE G67 – CUMBERNAULD	6.8% OF TOTAL POPULATION	120
9. POSTAL CODE G68 – WESTFIELD	6.6% OF TOTAL POPULATION	NIL
10. POSTAL CODE G69 – MUIRHEAD	6.2% OF TOTAL POPULATION	40

 

Look at number 9 – Westfield. Is it little wonder the residents of Westfield often feel like the forgotten? All other postcode areas have a similar percentage of the population where the kids are between 0 and 5 years of age. Yet ONLY Westfield has Nil, Zero, Nought, Zilch, Nada, full time nursery provision.

The full report can be viewed at this link. http://www.runurl.com/xx.php?nvu [shortened for clarity]

 

RE-ALLOCATION OF LAND AT WESTFIELD ROAD, CUMBERNAULD

At a Meeting of the POLICY AND RESOURCES (PROPERTY) SUB-COMMITTEE on the 4^th November – The Head of Property Services was authorised to transfer land extending to 2.43 hectares, or thereby, at Westfield Road, Cumbernauld, from Corporate Services to Environmental Services to facilitate the construction of a recycling centre. The location referred to in the report is just behind D M Design. In the drawing opposite Westfield Estate is at the top right. North Lanarkshire Council are committed to building 4 recycling centres in order to comply with the Environmental standards but what concerns me is that between the proposed site and Westfield houses is Moss Water, a small burn that feeds Broadwood Loch. I am sure that the plans will include a bunding provision to guarantee that any contaminated waste water won’t leach into the burn and pollute the Loch and that NLC have the appropriate controls in place to ensure the air around any recycling plant is free of pollutants.

 

Click on the picture opposite to see the full report.