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New community hospital a step closer says MP

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, said he is delighted to hear plans for a new East Riding Community Hospital have cleared one of the final hurdles.

 Members of NHS East Riding of Yorkshire PCT board held an extraordinary meeting where they unanimously approved the business case for the new hospital.

East Riding Community Hospital still on track says MP

Delays to the construction of the new East Riding Community Hospital ‘will not’ lead to a funding shortfall, says MP for Beverley and Holderness Graham Stuart.

Graham made the comment after it was reported in the media that the project faced being left £10 million short due to delays being caused by the discovery of a [...]

Beverley’s new bypass suspended as government makes savings

MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, today said he was disappointed to hear the much needed southern Beverley relief road scheme had been put on hold as part of a cost cutting exercise by the new government.

 Graham said: “I will be taking this up as a matter of urgency with the minister responsible. This [...]

MP to give evidence at wind farm Planning Inquiry

Graham Stuart, the MP for Beverley and Holderness, is to give evidence at a Planning Inquiry being held after a proposed wind farm at Roos was turned down by councillors.

The company, Renewable Energy Systems (RES), which wants to place the nine giant turbines on the site in Rectory Road, Roos, has appealed and an inquiry is [...]

Withernsea fishing compound update

Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, says work to improve the fishing boat compound in Withernsea could help to revitalise the town.

Plans for the revamped boat compound are due to go before East Riding Council planners in February.

Last piece in flooding defence jigsaw approved

News that the final stretch of flood defence for Burstwick has been approved by planners has been welcomed by Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart.

Work on a section of the defences, being built by the Environment Agency, had been delayed when Sport England objected to the loss of part of the village playing fields. Following [...]

Memorial Hall fund raising supported

Graham Stuart MP bas backed calls for a major fund raising drive to pay for the transformation of Beverley’s Memorial Hall.

Council planners last week approved a £1.4 million overhaul of the building which will see the removal of the 1950s extension and the reorientation of the building to face Champney Gardens.

Beverley bypass approved by planners

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, today said news the Southern Bypass had been given planning permission was ‘fantastic news’ for the town.

 East Riding councillors on the planning committee voted unanimously to approve redrawn plans for the £35 million bypass and park and ride scheme to the south of the historic town. 

Graham Stuart MP urges residents to see underground cable plans

Off shore wind turbines

MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, is encouraging as many people as possible who live in the Hedon area to attend a public event.

 Power generation company e.on is hosting the event at Hedon Town Hall on November 11, to show people details of a major planning application in the area.

Councils should look to new technologies says MP

MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, today called on both the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull City councils to give up their proposed Saltend incinerator plan and look at more high-tech solutions to waste disposal.

 Just a week after hundreds of concerned residents took to the streets in protest at the planned incinerator straddling [...]