News

PPPS Press Releases

• 22/02/2010 - PPPS joins occupation of Cuckoo Corner
• 06/06/2008 - Priory Crescent seven years on
• 24/04/2008 - Give Way and Stop the road
• 15/04/2008 - Council illegally suppresses true cost of road
• 13/02/2006 - Response to "Most Expensive Road in World?"
• 27/07/2002 - Janet does it for the Park!
• 05/03/2002 - Council Cabinet Meeting
• 04/03/2002 - PPPS Public Meeting
• 28/02/2002 - Council Meeting
• 13/12/2001 - Council Meeting
• 13/12/2001 - Tunnels under Priory Crescent?
• 03/12/2001 - Council can't be trusted on road scheme
• 19/11/2001 - Letter to Southend Times
• 08/11/2001 - Council Meeting

Council Notices

• Council's Compulsory Purchase Notice - 8th May 2003
• Council's Appropriation Notice - 19th August 2002
• Media Statement: Changes to Priory Crescent Road Improvement Scheme

Priory Park News

Please download them, print them and pass copies on to neighbours, friends and family.

• Issue 7 - April 2008
• Issue 6 - November 2006
• Issue 5 - March 2006
• Issue 4 - April 2005
• Issue 3 - October 2003
• Issue 2 - January 2002
• Issue 1 - November 2001

Press Cuttings

• BBC
• 06/02/2006 - [BBC One London] - BBC London News
• 06/07/2006 - [BBC News Website] - The battle for the 'King of Bling'
• 19/01/2007 - [BBC One East] - Inside Out
• 23/02/2010 - [BBC Essex] - The Breakfast Show - interview with Shaun Qureshi
• 23/02/2010 - [BBC Essex] - Cllr John Lamb tells BBC that road widening is 'not going into Priory Crescent'
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  • 06/07/2005 - Eco sounding: Democracy in question
  • 01/02/2006 - Eco sounding: Park strife
  • 06/03/2006 - The Essex Poplar front
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  • 16-22/05/2003 - Jolly Roger
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  • 06/06/2006 - Readers Write...
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  • 13/11/2001 - Priory Park: now you can have your say
  • 13/11/2001 - 'Democracy in Southend is dying'
  • 13/11/2001 - The big debate on Priory Park plans
  • 13/11/2001 - Editorial: Simple solutions usually the best

  • 04/12/2001 - Readers Write... On the Road to Planning Chaos
  • 04/12/2001 - Readers Write... Key Issues Need Answering on Priory Park

  • 05/03/2002 - Priory Crescent set to go ahead
  • 05/03/2002 - COMMENT: Right decision on Priory Crescent

  • 05/11/2002 - Priory Crescent - speed limit will stay 30mph

  • 19/03/2002 - Battlefield
  • 19/03/2002 - COMMENT: The increasing use of the human rights argument
  • 19/03/2002 - Why Southend cannot afford to stand still

  • 26/03/2002 - Council to defend their case with legal action
  • 26/03/2002 - Society Appeal to raise £10,000

  • 16/03/2004 - Inspector 'blew whistle' on repetition
  • 16/03/2004 - Danger of looting of ancient site
  • 16/03/2004 - Priory Crescent dualling plan is flawed
  • 16/03/2004 - Reasons why there is a need to improve traffic flow
  • 16/03/2004 - Design features are outlined
  • 16/03/2004 - Council reaffirm their plans to replace trees
  • 29/04/2008 - Let's tidy up 'Camp Bling'
  • 29/04/2008 - Why a scheme for Priory Crescent is so important
  • 30/12/2008 - Site for Saxon King under consideration

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  ??/??/???? - Plane jump to protect Priory trees 06/06/2001 - Cut It Out! 06/06/2001 - Angry families' protest meeting 06/06/2001 - 'Perpetual use as a public park' 06/06/2001 - Letters special 10/10/2001 - We did it! 14/11/2001 - Birthday greetings to benefactor 14/11/2001 - Parks fly the flags 14/11/2001 - Letters 21/11/2001 - Trees get the chop for road scheme 12/12/2001 - Park protest marches on 06/02/2002 - Park protesters' views may fall on deaf ears 20/02/2002 - The fight goes on! 27/02/2002 - Question time for the council over Priory Park controversy 06/03/2002 - Parklife Protest 06/03/2002 - Opinion - Only one answer to Priory Park problem 13/03/2002 - Priory Road Plan Backed 20/03/2002 - 'Complete Disgrace' 17/04/2002 - Park politicians' election rule row 24/04/2002 - Letters: Minister for parks should know truth 15/05/2002 - The voice that won't fade away 15/06/2005 - Grave of gold is given the Time Team treatment 06/07/2005 - Letters 28/09/2005 - To trees in burial site showdown 05/10/2005 - Council on the Brink 05/10/2005 - Letters 21/12/2005 - Dreaming of a mild Christmas/Camp Bling Christmas 11/01/2006 - Hot issue of the week - Camp Bling 25/01/2006 - Eco-warriors win Camp Bling fight 08/02/2006 - Camp Bling fights on... 15/02/2006 - Bling camp wants some answers on road costs 22/02/2006 - The Priory Crescent upgrade to cost £20m says DfT 22/02/2006 - Letters: Concrete is not answer 08/03/2006 - Bling day is a triumph 19/04/2006 - Letters: Putting their side of the story 28/06/2006 - No sense to road plan 19/07/2006 - Widen road or stop working 26/07/2006 - 'Ridiculous' road widening 27/09/2006 - It's party time at Camp Bling as protestors mark one year 11/10/2006 - Letters 18/10/2006 - Letters: Fears over Priory Park 18/10/2006 - Letters: Only 16 want road widening 15/11/2006 - Visit to the park ruined by Tarmac 24/01/2007 - Road protest group disrupts awards event 31/01/2007 - Letters: The irony of Southend Council's latest award 14/02/2007 - Letters: It's not a hard decision 14/02/2007 - Letters: Priory Park is our park! 21/02/2007 - Letters: Next protest is tomorrow 07/03/2007 - Letters: Cars not the only priority 07/03/2007 - Letters: Good parents can back down 27/06/2007 - Burial Site Road Axed 19/03/2008 - Councillor's offer was just a stunt 02/04/2008 - Letters: Priory row rumbles on 16/04/2008 - Camp Bling is set deadline to move 23/04/2008 - Camp Bling battles on 23/04/2008 - Letters: Ditch Priory Crescent plan 23/04/2008 - Letters: Dualling road won't work 23/04/2008 - Letters: Putting the 'con' into Conservative 30/04/2008 - Letters: Where is the problem at Camp Bling? 14/05/2008 - Letters: Council quiet over Camp Bling 21/05/2008 - Letters: Hands off Priory Park 28/01/2009 - Campaigners step up Priory Crescent protest 04/02/2009 - Letters: We need to change 11/02/2009 - Letters: Making it clear 06/05/2009 - It's time to move on for Camp Bling protesters

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  • 25/07/2001 - Underpass solution in Priory probe
  • 28/08/2001 - One-way to save the park?

  • 05/09/2001 - Protest at park's one-way road bid

  • 05/12/2001 - 'Our council is misleading us'

  • 11/12/2001 - Fresh row over park boundaries

  • 28/01/2002 - Park protesters find majority against road plan

  • 01/02/2002 - School 'carrot' idea for an outer bypass

  • 0?/03/2002 - Protesters call park plan talks

  • 04/03/2002 - Road protesters take to the trees
  • 04/03/2002 - TV's Time Team may dig up park

  • 06/03/2002 - Yes to Priory Crescent widening
  • 06/03/2002 - Bid to save park trees

  • 07/03/2002 - Time for vote over road

  • 10/04/2002 - Out of their trees?

  • 23/04/2002 - Letters: Why don't politicians do what voters want?

  • 13/03/2003 - Cabinet to decide on park work

  • 05/02/2004 - Found: King of Southend
  • 06/02/2004 - Our King's Treasure is Coming Home
  • 06/02/2004 - King's tomb reveals his Christian secret
  • 06/02/2004 - Will tomb make way for road?
  • 01/04/2004 - Site visit ends Priory inquiry
  • 07/02/2005 - OK for Priory Crescent Plan
  • 07/02/2005 - Priory Crescent widening goes ahead
  • 07/02/2005 - Opposition are disappointed
  • 07/02/2005 - Hardest-fought battle in Southend
  • 07/02/2005 - ...but protesters say they will keep up fight
  • 07/02/2005 - We can't believe they will cut down trees
  • 01/12/2005 - Christiana's new mission
  • 01/12/2005 - Camp Bling Stalwarts ready for winter slog
  • 05/12/2005 - The littlest boho
  • 05/12/2005 - Tenants of Camp Bling are wasting their time
  • 28/12/2005 - Protesters build 2nd tree house
  • 10/01/2006 - Cuts threat to Saxon King
  • 20/01/2006 - Stand-off over Bling fence
  • 27/01/2006 - Road protesters are going underground
  • 30/01/2006 - Priory Crescent battle hots up
  • 31/01/2006 - Irene should stop hogging the limelight
  • 24/01/2006 - Last ditch attempt to stop Priory road
  • 08/02/2006 - We're still in the dark on Priory cash/Who owns this furry Camp Bling protester?
  • Date unknown - Guarding the king
  • 13/02/2006 - Most Expensive Road in World?
  • 16/02/2006 - Call for re-think on road widening
  • 17/02/2006 - Priory Crescent congestion not the worst in borough
  • 21/02/2006 - I fought against Priory road scheme
  • 28/02/2006 - Protesters to set up visitors' centre
  • 02/03/2006 - Tantalising Christian link in treasure trove
  • 06/03/2006 - Camp Bling: beyond the barricades
  • 14/03/2006 - Letters: Saxon king is too important to be ignored
  • 14/03/2006 - Relief road spells alarm for some
  • 17/03/2006 - Put king in the priory
  • 15/05/2006 - Camp Bling could cost us £500,000
  • 15/05/2006 - Treetop mob must not win
  • 18/05/2006 - Clear road protesters off with a bulldozer!
  • 19/05/2006 - Letters
  • 23/05/2006 - Useless road will cost tax payers dear
  • 25/05/2006 - Letters
  • 26/05/2006 - Letters
  • 31/05/2006 - Green talks at Camp Bling
  • 02/06/2006 - Points
  • 07/07/2006 - Priory Crescent widening put on ice as costs soar
  • 11/07/2006 - Time to back out of Priory road widening scheme
  • 13/07/2006 - Blingers keep up fight to stop road
  • 03/08/2006 - Readers want road scheme scrapped
  • 26/09/2006 - Camp Bling celebrates a thorny year
  • 03/10/2006 - No benefit claimants here at Camp Bling
  • 06/10/2006 - Stadium drives Blues to offer road cash
  • 09/10/2006 - Time for compromise over Priory Crescent debacle
  • 10/10/2006 - Are you listening to us Murray?
  • 13/10/2006 - Letters
  • 17/01/2007 - 'Blingers' storm dig award bash
  • 18/01/2007 - End to Priory Road Plan?
  • 18/01/2007 - Two sides of Saxon coin
  • 23/02/2007 - Road protest disrupts meeting
  • 23/02/2007 - No home in sight for relics of Saxon King
  • 21/06/2007 - Victory for Camp Bling
  • 21/06/2007 - Group's concern at loss of trees
  • 21/06/2007 - Echo Comment
  • 21/06/2007 - Back to the drawing board!
  • 21/06/2007 - The new plan: What residents had to say
  • 21/06/2007 - The plan's history
  • 21/06/2007 - Blingers: It's not 100 per cent victory
  • 21/06/2007 - Opposition: They might as well dump the whole thing
  • 21/06/2007 - Reaction at echo-news.co.uk
  • 22/06/2007 - 'Scheme won't solve the traffic problems'
  • 22/06/2007 - Camp Bling's spirit lives on
  • 22/06/2007 - 'Clear' Labour claim a victory
  • 22/06/2007 - 'Blingers' did not influence our decision claims leader
  • 22/06/2007 - Compromise dismays bosses
  • 22/06/2007 - Letters: Don't celebrate road victory yet
  • 22/06/2007 - Priory Crescent - YOUR COMMENTS
  • 09/07/2007 - Anna Waite: Why Priory Crescent plan was scaled back
  • 07/03/2008 - Priory Park: 'We would dump plans'
  • 09/04/2008 - Road scheme could cost council £3.5m
  • 17/04/2008 - £1.8m 'wasted' on Priory road scheme
  • 08/10/2008 - Priory road plan doomed
  • 08/10/2008 - It's time to back or bin costly road plan
  • 17/12/2008 - Plea again for Saxon King exhibition in Priory Park
  • 15/01/2009 - £7.5m congestion-busting project could start in April
  • 15/01/2009 - But could it lead to two years of traffic mayhem?
  • 15/01/2009 - What the public say
  • 15/01/2009 - Priory Crescent scheme years away - councillor
  • 04/08/2009 - Priory Park society celebrates road victory
  • 22/02/2010 - Council has betrayed us on park plan
  • 23/02/2010 - Don't stand in way of progress
  • 23/02/2010 - Council 'has betrayed its promise'
  • 23/02/2010 - 'It's a waste of time and money'
  • 23/02/2010 - Camp is a 'blight on the landscape'
  • 23/02/2010 - We have not backtracked on Camp Bling agreement

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  • 08/12/2005 - 'We will not give up' - Camp Bling protesters defiant over road plans
  • Date unknown - Camp bling protesters - today's freedom fighters
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  • ??/??/???? - Stakeout to spot flying visitors...
  • 03/05/2002 - Park road plan agreed
  • 07/06/2002 - Dress up for park protest!
  • ??/06/2002 - Letters: Civic News
  • 17/03/2006 - Priory Park trees' final spring?
  • 09/06/2006 - Traffic lights will ease road's chaos
  • 29/06/2007 - Road plan U-turn
  • 06/07/2007 - Road rethink will not work
  • 20/07/2007 - Letters
  • 03/08/2007 - Letters: No infrastructure? No development!
  • 03/08/2007 - Council's pledge to Camp Blingers
  • 14/03/2008 - Lib Dems' promise on road plan
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  • 12/09/2001 - Parklife take campaign to the streets in protest march

  • 05/12/2001 - Letters to the Editor

  • 12/12/2001 - Plan's 'hidden agenda' fears

  • Special Edition - The Saga of the Park

  • 30/01/2002 - Priory Park survey hailed a success