Cllr Piers Camp - Reform UK Gloucestershire

01/06/2026

Over Bridge Road Works and temporary closure!
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📢 A40 Over Bridge Scheme – New FAQ Page Now Live
We’ve added a new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for the A40 Over Bridge scheme to help keep you informed about the project.
The page brings together answers to common questions, giving more detail on the scheme and what it means for the local area.
👉 Take a look here:
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a40-over-bridge-frequently-asked-questions/
We’ll continue to share updates as the project moves forward. If you have any additional questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch:
📧 [email protected]
📞 0300 123 5000

29/05/2026

🇬🇧 "What can YOU do for small businesses?" 🇬🇧

That was the question put to me on stage last night here in the Forest of Dean, at our brilliant event with the legendary Ann Widdecombe. 👏

I will be honest, I was put on the spot a bit. ✋ In the moment I spoke about business rates and the importance of promoting local produce for local people, two issues I feel strongly about.

But here is the fuller answer I would have given with more time. 👇
As your County Councillor, I will fight for the Forest's small businesses by working to:

🏪 Ease the business rates burden that is hollowing out the high streets of Coleford, Cinderford, Lydney and Newent.
🥕 Champion Forest produce for Forest people. Our farmers, growers, butchers and independent shops should be first in line, not undercut by faceless national supply chains.
🌳 Back our rural economy, from the sheep farms and free miners to the foresters, makers and craftspeople who give this area its soul.
🚴 Support our tourism trade. The pubs, cafés, cycle hire firms and B&Bs that bring visitors to the Forest deserve a council that backs them, not buries them in red tape.
🛣️ Get our roads fixed. Potholes from Mitcheldean to Lydbrook wreck vans, tools and trade vehicles and cost businesses real money.
🤝 Push council contracts towards Forest of Dean firms, not national giants.
💰 Hold Shire Hall to account on waste, so council tax stops crushing local employers.
📣 Be a voice you can actually reach. If you run a business in the Forest and need help, my door is open.

And at national level, Reform UK is the only party serious about backing you. Lower taxes, scrapped IR35, a higher VAT threshold, and an end to the war on the self employed. ✅

The Forest of Dean's small businesses are the beating heart of this community. I will never stop fighting your corner. 💪

Huge thanks to Ann Widdecombe and everyone who came out. The momentum in the Forest is real. 🚀

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27/05/2026

ROAD CLOSURE

Hawthorns Road, Drybrook

This road will be closed (as per the attached plan) on the 29/06/2026 09:00 - 15:00 to allow for works by Severn Trent Water.

"I've been assure that it will only be closed after 9am and open before 3pm, so should not directly affect school traffic."

Emergency and pedestrian access will be maintained.


If you should require further information please email [email protected]

27/05/2026

Did you know there are loads of ways to reach us? 👇 Save this post for whenever you need it 📌

🌐 General enquiries (online form)
https://forms.gloucestershire.gov.uk/GeneralEnquiryForm

📞 Main switchboard: 01452 425000
Mon–Fri, 8:30am–5pm

🛣️ Report a pothole, paving or street light issue
https://fixmystreet.gloucestershire.gov.uk/

🧓 Adult Social Services: 01452 426868
👶 Children's Social Services: 01452 426565

🚨 Out-of-hours emergencies
Roads: 08000 514514
Social care (Emergency Duty Team): 01452 614194

🗳️ Find your local councillor
https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/contact/councillors-and-senior-management/

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27/05/2026

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Dozens gathered outside the council expressing their concerns and called for more consultation

25/05/2026

🚨 STOP GLOUCESTERSHIRE BECOMING "SOLARSHIRE" 🚨

Folks, take a hard look at these two pictures 👇

This isn't some far-off threat — it's happening RIGHT HERE in our county. Between Newent, Highleadon and Highnam we're staring down the barrel of a corridor of ONE MILLION SOLAR PANELS across our best farmland. 286 acres already nodded through at Highleadon. A fresh 46-hectare application just landed at Two Mile Lane, Highnam. And more in the pipeline. 🤦‍♂️

This is prime food-producing land — the soil that feeds Forest folk and the nation. Once it's gone under glass and steel, it's gone for a generation. ❌

Forest of Dean District Council is drawing up its Local Plan to 2041 RIGHT NOW. We need it to say loud and clear:

✅ Rooftops, warehouses, car parks and brownfield FIRST

✅ Strict protection for Best and Most Versatile farmland

✅ A proper spatial policy — not the "wild west" free-for-all developers are exploiting

✅ Full weight given to CUMULATIVE impact, not one application at a time

At County, I'll keep pushing on highways impacts, our own asset estate, and a county-wide stance that puts food security and the Forest's landscape FIRST. 🌳🇬🇧

Real food. Real fields. Real future. 💪
What do you reckon? 👇

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