News items of local interest
1 June 2008
Road Safety - your suggestions
If you are concerned about road safety at a particular site the
council welcomes your suggestions. Download a form to print and fill
in
here
- post it to the address on the bottom of the form.
20 February 2008
Northwood Town Centre Improvements – Public Consultation.
As you will be aware from the NRA February
newsletter, our council has £200,000 to spend on
improving Northwood town centre.
At very short notice, the London Borough of Hillingdon has organised
a small exhibition in Oaklands Gate Library to demonstrate some of
their proposals for spending the £200,000
All residents of Northwood should have received a leaflet giving
details of the exhibition, but we realise many have not.
The exhibition is running from 19th to 29th February in Oaklands
Gate library. On Tuesday 26th February there will be a council
officer in attendance from 10am to 7pm.
Do go along to see the exhibition if you can, complete the
questionnaire in the leaflet or online at
www.hillingdon.gov.uk/consultation, then come to the
NRA AGM on
Tuesday 18th March to hear Cllr Scott Seaman-Digby’s
presentation on the subject.
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20 February 2008
Northwood Police Station Under threat - Public meeting announced
As you will be aware from the NRA February
newsletter, Northwood
Police Station is once again under threat of closure, replacement or
possibly worse.
There will be a public meeting to discuss the Metropolitan Police
Asset Management Plan for Hillingdon. It is on
Tuesday 26th February
in the Council Chamber
Civic Centre
Uxbridge.
The meeting starts at 2pm and there will be presentations
by Borough Commander, Detective Chief Superintendent Carl Bussey,
at 2.30pm and at 5.30pm. Between presentations, there will be
staff on hand to answer questions in a more informal atmosphere.
Copies of the AMP are available to download via
www.met.police.uk/hillingdon or from Northwood Police Station,
Uxbridge Police Station and the Civic Centre.
We urge all our members to read and comment on the Asset
Management Plan (AMP) and to attend the Public Meeting if possible.
We need to make our voices heard.
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13 February 2008
Ducks Hill Farm planning appeal
The Green belt remains intact and the housing proposal was turned
down by the Planning Inspectorate - a victory for the LBH Planning
department! Granted was renovation/repair of the Grade II listed
building. The right of appeal via the High Court against the
decision exists.
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9 January 2008
Healthcare Consultation - Road Show at the Civic Centre
In our Newsletter of October 2007, we referred to the report
‘Healthcare for London’.
The consultation document ‘Healthcare for London: Consulting
the capital’ is now available and you are invited to respond by
7 March 2008. You can obtain a copy of the document via the website:
www.healthcareforlondon.nhs.uk, by phoning 0808 238 5430 or by
writing to FREEPOST, Consulting the Capital.
In addition, the Hillingdon Primary Care Trust will be holding a
road show on Saturday 2 February 2008 from 1pm to 7pm in the
Middlesex Suite, London Borough of Hillingdon, Civic Centre, High
Street, Uxbridge UB8 1UW when people are invited to ‘pop in at any
time to find out more about the consultation and to feed in their
views’.
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12 December 2007
Arrangements for rubbish/recycling collections over the
Christmas/New Year Period:
The normal Monday weekly collection for rubbish and fortnightly
“dry” recycling collection remains unchanged over the period.
However, the fortnightly collection for white garden rubbish
sacks is suspended for a period of six weeks. The last one for
2007 was Monday 10 December, and the first for 2008 is Monday 21
January. Please do not leave your garden sacks outside your premises
during this period, as they won’t be taken away.
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26 October 2007
PRESS RELEASE
This press release was issued on Friday, 12 October 2007.
Northwood Residents’ Association welcomes investment in Northwood
Northwood Residents’ Association is delighted at the announcement
by Hillingdon Council on 8 October 2007 that the Council had agreed
£200,000 of special funds to be spent on ‘the street scene and
infrastructure of the ward’. The Association understands that these
funds are additional to the routine spending on care and maintenance
of the town centre.
Colin Harris, Chairman of NRA, said, “We are very happy that the
Council has endorsed the view taken by Northwood Residents’
Association that Northwood needs a broad-based strategic plan to
re-invigorate the town centre. The town centre has been dying slowly
for a decade, and it is at risk now of becoming a drive-through to
schools and to other shopping areas. Northwood needs much more than
a face-lift and we think the Council’s announcement provides the
opportunity to re establish Northwood as a vibrant and preferred
destination for shopping, business and leisure. Whilst we have few
details as yet, we are heartened that most of the ideas so far
suggested by the Council are consistent with our Northwood
Improvement Plan that we consulted upon and issued in Spring 2006.
We look forward to playing a full part in the consultation on
development of the Council initiative.”
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1 October 2007
Could you be a Street Champion?
The London Borough of Hillingdon is launching the Street
Champions scheme in Northwood, Harefield, & Ickenham wards during
the next three months.
Street Champions are volunteers that act as the “eyes and ears”
of the local community. Their role is to report residents’ concerns
such as graffiti, abandoned cars, noise, damaged pavements and
anti-social behaviour to the council.
There will be a meeting for anyone interested in becoming a
Street Champion for Northwood, Harefield or Ickenham at the Park
Lane Village Centre, (next to Harefield library), Park Lane,
Harefield on Monday 15th October at 7.30pm.
If you would like to attend please email
streetchampions@hillingdon.gov.uk
or phone Carys Walker,
LBH Community Leadership Co-ordinator, on 01895 250118.
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1 October 2007
The Reindeer Pub, Maxwell Road, Northwood
Premises Licence Application
The Hearing with respect to this application was held on Friday 28th
September 2007. A total of 48 letters of objection had been received
from local residents and eight residents addressed the Licensing
Sub-committee.
The Sub-committee decided to grant the application which had been
amended by the applicant on the day.
The result of this decision is that the licence granted is as
follows:-
Provision of regulated entertainment (Indoors) for Live Music and
Recorded Music as follows:-
Sunday from 12.00 to 22.00
Monday to Saturday from 12.00 to 23.00
The sale of alcohol
Monday to Saturday from 11.00 to 23.00
Sunday from 12.00 to 22.30
In addition to the hours detailed above, all licensable activities:-
Christmas Eve from the start of licensed hours until 2.00 on the
following day
New Year’s Eve from the start of permitted hours until 02.00 on New
Year’s Day
The Sundays of Bank Holiday weekends from 12.00 to 23.00
The Counsel for the applicant gave details of the proposed
refurbishment of the premises and the intention to change the nature
of the premises and of its clientele by removing the juke box and
having background music and sometimes recorded music instead,
removing two pool tables, increasing the price of the cheapest drink
and increasing the food element of the business.
Thanks to all of our members who took the trouble to write to the
Licensing Sub-committee. We shall watch the refurbishment and
changes at the Reindeer with interest.
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8 August 2007
Hillingdon Opens its first 'Re-Use' Bank
Recently the Borough has received enquiries about the provision
of a Re-Use bank where residents can take unwanted household items
that are too good to throw away. In response the Waste Division has
recently installed a special Re-Use bank - sometimes referred to as
a 'scrap store' - at the New Years Green Lane Civic Amenity site in
Harefield. Items suitable for re-use include:
- Paints - full or half tins
- Re-usable DIY materials - windows, doors, sinks, wallpapers,
paint brushes, fixtures, fittings, plumbing materials
- Hand tools
- Chinaware and other crockery - cups, saucers, plates, mugs,
serving dishes
- Kitchen items - cutlery, pots, pans, utensils
- Furniture - chairs, sofas, beds, stools, tables
- Soft furnishing - rugs, curtains, cushions, bedding
- Garden items - gardening equipment, furniture, ornaments,
tools
- Children's toys and games
- Bicycles - children and adult sizes
- Sports equipment - rackets, footballs, bats
- Musical instruments
- Mobile phones
- Books, Music CDs, Videos, DVDs
- Collectables, Memorabilia
Residents are invited to sort out their unwanted goods and take
them up to the Re-Use bank in Harefield
(map with directions). The site is open 7 days a week from
8:00am - 4:00pm. Opening hours are extended to 6:00pm during British
Summer Time.
Whilst you are there why not take the opportunity to browse
through the items already delivered for re-use and help yourself to
anything you like. However, please note that as this is a new
initiative the bank may be rather empty to start with. Residents
wishing to use the bank should park their cars in the main recycling
area. Site staff will be on hand to answer any queries.
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1 August 2007
Recycling of Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment
Notice from the London Borough of Hillingdon:
New facilities for recycling waste electrical and electronic
equipment (WEEE) are now available at both the New Years Green Lane
Civic Amenity site in Harefield and the Victoria Road Civic Amenity
site in South Ruislip. Typical WEEE items include :-
- Large domestic applications - including fridges and
freezers, cookers, dishwashers, tumble dryers etc
- Televisions
- Computers (residents should ensure any personal data is
removed before recycling their old computers)
- Small (mixed) WEEE including radios, hair dryers, broken
electrical toys etc.
Both sites are open 7 days a week from 8:00am - 4:00pm. Opening
hours are extended to 6:00pm during British Summer Time.
(Amenity site addresses here)
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16 June 2007
Streets Ahead comes to Northwood Hills
You may have read about the Streets Ahead programme in the
current edition of Hillingdon People. This is a scheme which is led
by Hillingdon council in partnership with the Metropolitan Police,
Safer Neighbourhood Teams, London Fire Brigade, Hillingdon Homes,
DVLA, Probation Service, Department of Work & Pensions and others.
There will be a Streets Ahead initiative in a different ward each
month for a year. The nearest one to Northwood will be at Northwood
Hills on Thursday 28th June.
This will be a day of action focussing on Northwood Hills. For
example
• the council’s Public Lighting team will be doing a survey on the
night of Monday 25th in readiness to put right any lighting problems
on the 28th
• The Safer Neighbourhood Team will be on hand with the mobile CCTV
van and the Crime Prevention bus
• The Fire Brigade will be bringing along a fire engine and their
members will be on hand to give advice on fire prevention
• Council workers will be cleaning gulleys in selected roads
• The Educational Welfare team will be performing a truancy sweep
• The DVLA will be doing checks in the area
• There will be a Community Market Place in Fairfied Evangelical
Church hall where local voluntary groups will be taking the
opportunity to set up display stands to publicise their activities.
This will be a good opportunity for residents to meet people from
the participating authorities as well as members of local
organisations at the Market Place.
For more information see
www.hillingdon.gov.uk/environment/streets_ahead
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7 January 2007
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
The proposed move of the Mount
Vernon Cancer Centre to a new hospital in Hatfield is not going to happen. The
fight is now on to retain cancer services at Mount Vernon Hospital. There has
already been considerable investment on the site, e.g. £20 million for a new
Radiotherapy Centre and 9 lineac accelerators.
The alternative to retaining services locally could be removal of the Centre to
central London. We have an excellent centre on our doorstep and it is needed to
treat patients from a large catchment area.
Nick Hurd MP has set up a website to support the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. The
project is fully supported by Community Voice, 3 local MPs and many Harrow and
Hillingdon councillors.
You are asked to add YOUR support on the first page of the website, then ask
friends and relatives to do the same. Numbers count, and we need thousands of
supporters! Please go to
www.supportmountvernon.com and give your support.
Whilst at your computer, you might also like to look at the new (and developing)
Community Voice website:
www.communityvoicehealth.org.uk
It is hoped that the Mount Vernon Treatment Centre will be functioning before
long. In addition, it is anticipated that a considerable amount of elective
surgery will be directed to Mount Vernon from Hillingdon Hospital.
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21 November 2006
Business Membership of the NRA
We are delighted to report that recruitment of Business Members of
the Association has started well. Business Members are important because
they provide much of the daily life and character in the town centre.
The Association will support the collective voice of local businesses
and organisations to ensure that their needs and expectations of
Northwood are met as far as possible.
We expect that by the new year we will have a Business Members
Sub-Committee with a chairperson who leads them and represents them on
the Executive committee.
If you are a business that hasn’t joined yet, please do so soon using
our Application Form. Not
only will you get to meet and share ideas with other local businesses,
but also your membership will enhance your reputation in the community.
We would ask our resident members to encourage the businesses they use
to join the Association, and to support our business members with their
custom – look out for the NRA Business Member sign in business windows.
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21 July 2006
Recycle printer cartridges
Residents in the London Borough of Hillingdon are asked to help raise
funds for patient care at Michael Sobell House, the hospice and
palliative care centre based at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood,
Middlesex by donating their used laser printer/fax and inkjet cartridges
for recycling. A similar appeal for unwanted mobile phones is attracting
support from and residents and organisations within the Borough.
The hospice is extremely dependent on fundraising and voluntary
donations to continue its patient care-we need to raise one million
pounds in 2006 to continue patient care. The hospice is financially
supported by The Friends of Michael Sobell House (The Friends), a
Registered Charity (No 1079638).
Some facts about printer cartridges are:-
* Each discarded empty laser printer cartridge adds approximately three
pounds of waste to our landfill.
* More than 30 million inkjet cartridges are dumped each year in the UK
(1800 tonnes) - the same weight as 18 Blue Whales.
* Industry analysts estimate a spent cartridge can be reused or
remanufactured between 3 to 7 times - every cartridge remanufactured is
one fewer going directly to landfill.
For a supply of recycling mailing bags or to arrange the setting up of a
collection point please contact the Friends of Michael Sobell House
using the dedicated email address
recycling@michaelsobellhouse.co.uk
Do you have a link with a local community group or business/employer
which could support the campaign by becoming a collection point for used
cartridges? Please let us know by contacting either Steve Grudgings,
Fundraising Manager on 01923 844606 or Geraint Hughes, Corporate and
Trusts Fundraising Manager on 01923 844550.
The inkjet cartridges recycling appeal is an easy way to recycle your
cartridges which will generate much needed funds for the important work
the Michael Sobell House does whilst also helping to protect the
environment. Please support the appeal by recycling your old inkjet
cartridges and encouraging your friends, family and colleagues to do the
same.
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