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Pembridge Ward Hot News |
| Last Updated 17/07/2007 | |
| Councillors' Ward Surgeries Sept/Oct 2007 |
Advice surgeries will be held as follows: Saturday 15th September 2007 from 10am - 12noon Saturday 27th October 2007 from 10am - 12noon at the New Church Centre, 5 Pembridge Villas, W11 No appointment is needed but if you prefer you can call Cllr Barbara Campbell on 020 7727 5110 |
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Police Crime News 17/07/2007 |
A separate page has been added to the website to publicise the Crime Information for Pembridge Ward provided by the Police. |
| Motorcycle Bays 30/12/2006 Council to Offer Specialised Resident Permits |
Motorcyclists will find it easier to park in Kensington and
Chelsea now that the Council is introducing permit-only motorcycle bays
and increasing the number of sites where visitor motorcycle bays are
provided. The Council has carried out a full-scale review of its motorcycle parking provision and is to become the first local authority in London to offer specialised resident permit-only motorcycle bays. This will be done by converting some existing visitor motorcycle bays to permit-only and supplementing this with additional bays to give complete coverage of the borough. As part of the scheme, high security ground anchors will be installed in all motorcycle resident permit-only bays. The capacity of existing visitor motorcycle bays will be increased in areas of high demand. Cllr Daniel Moylan, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Planning Policy, Housing Policy and Transportation, said: “Demand for motorcycle parking has increased significantly since the introduction of the congestion charge in 2003 and this is almost certain to continue when the congestion charge zone is extended, against the Council’s wishes, in February 2007. By introducing specialised parking bays for motorcyclists we will be able to accommodate this trend and ensure that all motorcycles are parked safely.” The new scheme will benefit residents and motorcyclists alike by re-locating motorcycles from general resident parking bays where they are vulnerable to being knocked over by other parking vehicles to dedicated bays where it is possible to provide security features such as the ground anchors mentioned previously. To offset the cost of the scheme and the improved security facilities, the Council will be increasing the cost of a motorcycle parking permit from £18 to £50 for a standard permit later next year. To promote road safety in this most vulnerable of road user groups, a discounted permit of £35 will be offered to those residents holding a nationally recognised advanced rider certificate. There are currently 187 motorcycle bays in the Royal Borough with a capacity of 1,564 motorcycles. In the past, these bays have been implemented on an ad hoc basis, normally at the request of residents. Under the new scheme, there will be a co-ordinated network of bays providing exclusive parking for a total of 2,630 motorcycles. |
| Noisy TfL Buses in Pembridge Villas 25/10/2006 |
There has been a recent meeting between the Council and TfL (Transport for London) concerning the extreme problem of noise and vibration being experienced in Pembridge Villas; the meeting was also attended by a number of local residents whose properties were being seriously affected. The problems seems to be caused by the Volvo buses and TfL stated that they are intending to address this problem but have so fat not been in a position to give a date for this. |
| Planning Information 22/10/2006 |
The Planning Applications, Planning Decisions and Tree Decisions pages have now been linked directly to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea website and show only the current information for each. |
| Petition to
Council 28/06/2006 |
Councillor David Campion presented a
petition containing 27 signatures to the Council meeting on 28 June. The
prayer of the petition read: “We, the undersigned, request your support to extend resident parking hours in the Ladbroke Road area to seven days per week (8.3Oam - 10pm) The reasons given were as follows:- 1. The “World Famous” Portobello Road Market brings many home and foreign vehicles into our ward on Saturday afternoons and the thriving bar/club/restaurant scene attracts as many on Saturday evenings. 2. The Fundamentalist Elim Pentecostal (Texas) Kensington Temple runs non-stop worship from 9am to 9pm on Sundays which prevents any residents from parking. 3. We note that streets under control of Westminster Council which border our Ward have already had parking controls, which we now request, for many years, despite the fact that their streets do not suffer parking problems to the extent that our streets do. 4. We strongly urge you to support us and look forward to your reply.” See Report to Council in October 2006 responding to the Petition. |
| Council Election 04/05/2006 |
Barbara Campbell, David Campion and Doreen Weatherhead, the Pembridge Ward Councillors elected in 2002 are all standing for re-election on Thursday 4th May 2006 and seek the support of their electors to continue to represent them on the Council and continue to work on their behalf. |
| News Blog 04/05/2006 |
A Pembridge Ward News Blog has been set up to enhance the facilities of the Pembridge Ward website and to allow local residents to make comments back to their Council representatives. Click on Pembridge Ward News Blog |
| Licensing 13/01/2006 |
A number of premises in the Ward, mostly public houses, have had their licences approved under the new procedure. One in Portobello Road was refused and an appeal has been made to the magistrates court. |
| Licensing 19/08/2005 |
If you want to see information relating to current
applications for premises licences, now that the Council deals with these
rather than as previously by the Magistrates, you can browse through
details by Ward. Street etc at: http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/EnvironmentalServices/Licensing/licenseform.asp |
| New Powers to Tackle
Illegal Dumping and Litter 07/06/2005 |
Local authorities get new powers from today to deal with
fly-tipping and litter as the first of the measures in the Clean
Neighbourhoods and Environment Act comes into force. From today
fly-tipping becomes an arrestable offence and the most serious cases could
result in maximum fines of 50,000 pounds or five years in prison. The new measures mean that people caught dumping waste will also no longer be able to use the defence of 'acting under employer's instructions'. The hard-line approach is in line with the Government's commitment to tackle fly-tipping, at a time when new figures show there is an illegal tipping incident somewhere in Britain every 35 seconds. In addition to dealing with litter and fly-tipping, the parts of the Act that coming into force give extra powers to councils to deal with fly-posting and with the sale or repair of vehicles on the road as part of a business. The Act also reminds people that discarded chewing gum and cigarettes are litter and imposes penalties accordingly. Those dropping gum or cigarette butts can be given 50 pound on the spot fines, rising to 75 pounds in the near future. Local Environment Minister, Ben Bradshaw, explained that the littering offences had also been extended to include all open spaces , including rivers, lakes, ponds and private property. In the past it was not an offence to drop litter on someone else's property. He said the new rules would give Local Authorities more power to tackle environment crime, and make everyone think about the environment around them. He hoped councils would use them to deter people from dropping anything, anywhere at any time. "People want to live in a clean, pleasant environment, but we all have to play our part in ensuring that is what we achieve. Hopefully the new Act will see a change in mindset, improvements in our local environment, and pride restored to our communities," he added. Mr Bradshaw said he hoped to bring most of the remaining measures of the Act in to force by April next year. |
| Contact with the Council 31/05/2005 |
New telephone and E-mail first contact
points with the Council The Council has reorganised the way that members of the public can gain access to it via telephone and E-mail under 14 main headings. The Council Offices are open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and on Thursdays it is now possible to make an appointment to visit a member of staff up to 8pm. [Link to Contacts] |
| 17/01/2005 |
Borough Task Force hits the
streets of Kensington and Chelsea
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| Post Office 12/12/2004 |
Z Punjani Post Office & Newsagents Following the closure of the Westbourne Grove Post Office, Z Punjani, at 2 Ladbroke Grove, has now extended its post office counter service until 4pm on Saturday afternoons and 10am - 2pm on Sundays. It also now provides the facility to deal with Car Tax. [Tel: 020 7727 4394] |
| 30 Ledbury Road 01/12/2004 |
The Council is considering a further planning application to demolish the existing 2-storey office building, constructed in the 1960s, and replacing it with a 2-storey and basement building. There is considerable local objection to the construction of a glass clad building, which is out of character with the other buildings in Ledbury Road, and particularly to the use of the first floor for retail purposes when all the other buildings adjacent have residential accommodation on the first floor. The Pembridge Association has objected to this application as have a number of other local residents. |
| Untaxed Vehicles 13/09/2004 |
Kensington and Chelsea Council's
Enforcement Officers will step up the battle against motorists with
untaxed vehicles when they launch a new initiative on 13 September. Under
the scheme untaxed vehicles will be towed away within minutes of the
Council's Enforcement Officers reporting the offence to the Driver and
Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). The introduction of the initiative means that as soon as vehicles are removed from the street, the costs start to spiral. To reclaim vehicles, owners will have to pay an initial fee of £160, plus £15 for every day the car is stored at the pound. Owners will have seven days to reclaim their vehicle, before it ends up in the crusher, although some vehicles will be held for 15 days before the DVLA sends them for auction to recover its expenses. The costs do not stop there either. A surety of £120 is payable unless a valid tax disc can be produced when reclaiming the vehicle. It is retained by the DVLA unless claimed back. It is not all zero-tolerance however. Owners do have a month after their last tax disc expires to replace it. This latest exercise is part of the Association of London Government's (ALG's) Operation Scrap-it. The ALG funded the first phase earlier this year, when 60 abandoned vehicles were removed from the borough's streets. |
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