My colleague Don Williams had an excellent letter in the CNJ this week on the need for more efficient service that ensures leaseholders are not being unfairly charged. Here's the letter:
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/letters/2013/may/leaseholders-and-tenants-deserve-efficient-service
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Loudoun Rd situation update
Very frustrating that the Network Rail road closure is still there. The first target deadline was end March, then due to bad weather Network Rail pushed it back to end April. But as of today the road is still closed. We're going to ask Camden council officers to get an update from Network Rail as to completion date.
The site has somewhat improved in our view although still not at all ideal for residents and cyclists on a relatively narrow walkway - and we need to ensure cyclists are careful. More news when we hear back.
The site has somewhat improved in our view although still not at all ideal for residents and cyclists on a relatively narrow walkway - and we need to ensure cyclists are careful. More news when we hear back.
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Crime figures down in Swiss Cottage
Roger Freeman attended Tuesday May 14 the Swiss Cottage
Public Safer Neighbourhood Team meeting.
We were given the crime figures for the period
from Feb 12th to May 14th and they all showed an excellent reduction from the
previous period. Motor vehicle crime fell from 37 to 26; residential burglaries
from 30 to 23; non residential burglaries from 10 to 7 and most strikingly of
all robberies from 20 to 3.
The meeting congratulated Sgt Collins and his team; the
motor vehicle crimes would have fallen more if people took care to lock their
car doors and put valuables out of site.
Labels:
Crime and disorder
Friday, 10 May 2013
Car thieves - lock your vehicle!
We're passing on a warning from our local Swiss Cottage Safer Neighbourhoods police team:
"We have recently had a couple of thefts of cash and items from cars parked and left unlocked. There may be an opportunistic thief around Swiss Cottage trying vehicle doors. Please make sure you lock your car/van!"
"We have recently had a couple of thefts of cash and items from cars parked and left unlocked. There may be an opportunistic thief around Swiss Cottage trying vehicle doors. Please make sure you lock your car/van!"
Labels:
Crime and disorder
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Dates for next Area Action Group and Safer Neighbourhoods public meetings
Swiss Cottage Area Action Group – meeting with council
officers and ward councillors
7.00pm -
8.30pm
Wednesday 22nd
May 2013
Crossfield
Centre, 8 Fairhazel Gardens
Agenda:
6.30 Meet
ward councillors informally
7.00 Start
of meeting and introductions
Street environment: street cleansing, wheelie bins and recycling
The Winchester Project
Discuss what your local priorities are for Swiss Cottage
8.30 End of
meeting
The next Police Safer Neighbourhoods
public meeting will
be on 14th May at 7pm at the Crossfield Centre.
Labels:
Community events
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
80 Canfield Gardens planning application - new consultation period
Planning officers have just confirmed due to a computer error the planning application 2012/5616/P for 80 Canfield was not notified correctly. A
letter notifying the application should have been sent on the 5th
March however this was not the case. The Council has now renotified
the application today, with an additional 21 days will be made available for
comment on the application. The renotification will consist of a new site
notice, letters, and a press notice.
This is as most residents know a retrospective application for illegal works; we called some time ago for council planning enforcement action which is going through his phases.
This is as most residents know a retrospective application for illegal works; we called some time ago for council planning enforcement action which is going through his phases.
Labels:
Planning
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Recycling and wheelie bin update
- Residents who responded
to the survey will receive a letter to confirm that they will receive a
140 litre bin or 240 litre bin in line with their response
- Those residents who
live in flats will also get an update on the number of wheelie bins for
their building
- Residents who contacted
the Council to say that they do not want a wheelie bin will receive a
letter to confirm that they will not receive a bin.
- If a resident who does
not want a wheelie bin lives in a flat their response has been taken into
account, but their building may still receive a wheelie bin based on the
responses of others in the same building.
- Those who did not
respond to the survey will receive a letter letting them know that they
will be receiving a bin/their building will be receiving bins
- The majority of
residents asked for a green wheelie bin or did not mind which colour they
received. All residents will therefore receive a green wheelie bin. This
also takes into account requests from community groups that all wheelie
bins be the same colour.
We've had a few complaints about people getting the wrong letter when they said they didn't want a wheelie bin, which we're helping deal with.
Labels:
Recycling and sustainability
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