At Risk Listed Building

£10000 worth of Trees Published – 26th Oct 2016 Publication – The Champion PLANS have been revealed to ‘restore to gjoiy’ a disused Grade n listed school fiuilding in Southport. . Oaopus Healthcare Group hopes to cre­ate a multi-million pound development of up to 120 extra care apartments and associ­ated facilities including a bistro, residents’ […]

1000 Trees

£10000 worth of Trees Published – 26th Oct 2016 Publication – The Champion A campaigner for the improvement and regeneration of Southport has announced plans to plant £10,000-worth of trees across the town. Cllr David Barton, who represents Dukes Ward on Sefton Council, said the trees would be planted in key locations in the coming […]

Bring our Market back to life

Southport Market Published – 3rd May 2018 Publication – Southport Visitor HUNDREDS SIGN PETITION CALLING FOR ACTION OVER SOUTHPORT MARKET A community campaigner has delivered a 560-name petition to Sefton Council calling for more to be done to improve Southport’s indoor market and the surrounding area. David Barton, of Dukes Ward, worked with stallholder Ray […]

Southport’s Lord Street Verandahs

Lord Street Verandahs Published – 10th June 2015 Publication – Southport Visitor Having first raised this issue with the Council last year I am pleased to announce that work has commenced on restoring the Verandahs along Lord Street. Since I was elected last year I have been in negotiations with the Conservation and Tourism departments […]