Walton Matters

13/10/2026

Road works update
Palm Close and Walnut Avenue
footpath will be close from 23rd November to 3rd January 27 .

Www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/pages/bootle_to_kirkby.aspx

12/10/2026

Walton Hall Park has important
roadworks by Scottish Power and OpenReach. As councillors we have attended two road shows and have contacts with Scottish Power. They send us regular updates.

We’d be grateful to know if residents have issues about the standard of works so we can inform highways.

The work by Scottish Power is important
as the infrastructure is over 40 years old and needs replacing.

Link to website for more information:

https://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/pages/bootle_to_kirkby.aspx

08/10/2026

As election year approaches, we always read with interest the latest from our opponents. And it really is quite something to see the latest Fib Dem leaflet.

We’ve come to expect the wall-to-wall talking the city down but there’s a particular cheek to be talking about HMOs. As if the issue just fell out of the sky a few months ago! Where have they been?

Of course, what they don’t want you to know is that it was their party, during their shameful and disastrous coalition government with the Tories, that wrote the law which allowed HMOs to be waved through in Walton without planning permission!

We’re happy to repeat the good news that Liverpool will soon be protected from the oversaturation of HMOs via an Article 4 direction. I’m sure they will welcome this news too.

Sam East and Beverley Kenyon have fought relentlessly to get the powers we need to protect our community. When Article 4 arrives in a few weeks, it will be the first time since the early 2010s that we have meaningful protection from HMO developers. So if they want to talk about HMOs in Walton they should start with “sorry”!

07/10/2026

We’re really concerned to hear about the fire on Elmdale Road caused by a misused firework. We hope the resident affected is safe and that the damage can be put right quickly.

These are explosives and need to be treated as such. In a densely populated residential area, one reckless decision can put somebody’s home — and potentially somebody’s life — at risk.

As pet owners, we hate this time of year. The sudden, unpredictable bangs can be really distressing for animals, as well as for many vulnerable residents. We urge anyone setting fireworks off to think about the people and pets living around them.

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service works with Liverpool City Council, Merseyside Police and local communities throughout the bonfire period to reduce fire and antisocial-behaviour risks. MFRS specifically asks people to think twice before holding firework displays at home, to use registered retailers and to follow the Firework Code. And during peak firework season the partnership conducts Operation Banger in areas like ours. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/october-2025/sharp-decrease-in-antisocial-in-behaviour-in-merseyside-on-first-night-of-operation-banger/

There are also clear laws around fireworks. You must be 18 to buy adult fireworks and it is illegal to set off or throw fireworks in a street or other public place. They generally cannot be used between 11pm and 7am, with limited exceptions around Bonfire Night, New Year, Diwali and Chinese New Year.

Liverpool City Council does not permit unauthorised fireworks or bonfires in its parks and public spaces. Unlawful firework use in streets or public spaces should be reported to Merseyside Police on 101, or 999 where there is an immediate danger or emergency.

We’ve raised this and other recent incidents with our police contacts. People should be able to enjoy themselves (within the law and in the right places!), but nobody should have to worry about their roof catching fire because somebody else has used fireworks irresponsibly.

Please look after yourselves, your neighbours and your pets over the coming weeks.

Merseyside Police has today, Friday 31 October, confirmed a decrease of 20 per cent in reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) on the night of 30 October compared to last year.

06/10/2026

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05/10/2026

https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/liverpool-city-council-set-to-strengthen-controls-over-new-hmos/

additional controls would take immediate effect in five areas where evidence has identified growing concentrations of HMOs

05/10/2026

The powers we have long fought for - to meaningfully control the spread of HMOs in our community - are just around the corner. The Labour council will introduce an Article 4 directive across Walton ward (Walton Vale, Warbreck Moor, Rice Lane, Breeze Hill, Hartley's Village et al), on 22nd October. This will immediately end the ridiculous situation that has allowed developers in our area to convert terraced properties into HMOs without the need for planning permission.

We have spoken to so many of you who live near to a large concentration of new HMOs, who feel they are being priced out by developers, who have had to deal with appalling behaviour from builders and increased pressure on parking. We have spoken to lots of HMO tenants who struggle to get their landlords to act on the basics.

Every time we've had these conversations, there has been absolute disbelief that the law was written (by a Tory and Lib Dem government) to require HMOs to be waved through with no meaningful consultation. For all these years there has been no real way to oppose "small" HMOs in our community - the people who wrote this law should be ashamed at the impact it has had.

We have both been campaigning for this since Cllr Sam East made his first speech in the Town Hall some years ago. We're delighted we've finally had this breakthrough. Thanks to all residents who have been involved - it will make a real difference.

03/10/2026

Busy weekend Community litter pick and CLP Campaign event in Walton CLP.

30/09/2026

29/09/2026

What a speech!

Some residents say Labour bangs on too much about Thatcher. But almost all the ills of modern Britain lie at her feet. She built a divided country where a tiny minority of super-rich hold all the power, and her cheerleaders in Reform UK would turbocharge that nightmare.

But today, Andy Burnham set out a vision to give power back to communities like ours.

A new National Care Service. Greater public control of water, energy, and housing. A National Commission on Electoral Reform. Strengthening our relationship with Europe. Reforming the education and welfare system.

Game-changer. 🔥