Litter picking

Sarah and I spent a good few hours on Tuesday night clearing up litter on Brook Road, Lymore Ave

and Vernon Park.

All in all we collected several bags of litter from all of these roads and were surprised to find that Vernon Park was so bad after only clearing it up a week earlier.

A pattern that we are finding is that some people are putting food waste out in their black bag waste is concerning and we have taken this up with council officers.

We are out in Westmoreland on a regular Tuesday night speaking with residents and will soon be in a street near you if you have any concerns or worries then please speak to us.

Westmoreland Walkabout

We have had a very busy morning around Westmoreland today.  We have been delivering the latest tri-ward focus and also clearing up some of the streets.

We have picked up litter on Lymore Avenue, Cynthia Avenue, Claude Avenue and Crandale Road. Collecting 3 bags of rubbish from these roads.

We spoke with a number of residents that were pleased to see us out on a Sunday clearing their streets, making the area a cleaner place to live.

We have identified a number of other roads in the area that need a clean up and will be aiming to do these over the next week.



by
Sarah Moore

Pot Holes & Blocked Drains

  
During a walk around Westmoreland yesterday, we came across quite a few large pot holes, that have got worse with the recent heavy rain.

We have asked for the potholes on Coronation Avenue, Lymore Avenue and Burnham Road to be repaired as a matter of urgency and hopefully before any more bad weather comes.

We have also requested tha the blocked drains on Coronation Avenue are cleared as soon as possible to ensure any rain can clear away easily.


If you are aware of any issues that you would like us to look into for you, please get in touch.

by
Sarah Moore

Westmoreland Litter

We spent a couple of hours out clearing litter from streets in Westmoreland today.

Bellotts Road was quite bad, so much litter mixed with the leaves we decided it was easier to clear the leaves as well.  This resulted in 8 bags collected here in total.

We then moved onto another area of the ward, clearing 4 bags of litter from Lymore Gardens and part of Lymore Avenue.

Had lovely conversations with quite a few residents while we were out, they were happy we were out making a difference.

by
Sarah Moore

Fence must come Down

A Fence that has badly affected residents at Lymore Ave must come down says a government inspector upholding an enforcement order made by Bath & North East Somerset Council.

The Fence erected by developers when new new homes were erected at Lymore Yard several years ago.

I visited the site and reported the issue to the councils enforcement team who took action to remedy the matter, now it seems that the long suffering residents will at last get some very important light back into their homes.

By Cllr Sharon Ball

This can't be right

Residents in Lymore Avenue have become very upset at local builder Flower & Hayes who have erected a solid wooden fence in front of their Kitchen windows.

The residents tell me that the original planning permission for new homes that were built on the former Reads yard gave permission for a hand rail and not a fence and I have had this confirmed by the councils planning department.

Contact with the developer by both myself and local residents have met with a blank rejection and they do not seem interested in residents who have enjoyed a right of light for many years. The Council have told us that they are unable to force Flower & Hayes to remove the fence.

I feel that the residents have been treated very badly and would hope that the developer of the new homes and would see some common sense and remove the fence that they have erected and put in the original hand rail that the existing residents thought was going to happen.