HMO Garden rubbish

We are determined to ensure that all of the rubbish left behind in Student household gardens is cleared away as quickly as possible.

A response from the council tells us that although they have no powers to enforce people to immediately clean up their own land unless there is a risk to public health.

The council approach is firstly to knock on doors and speak to people. This brings about some success but many properties are now empty so this is not very effective.

The next step is contact the landlords (obtaining details from colleagues in HMO Licensing) and give them a set period of time in which to remove rubbish. "Of course it will be much easier to have all the details of properties when the council makes licensing of HMO's a requirement".


If that fails then the council will look to issue Litter Clearance Notices under s.92A EPA 1990.

Shopping Trollies

I have reported the dumped shopping Trollies on Lyndhurst Road to Sainsbury's who have agreed to remove them as soon as possible.

The quickest way to get trollies removed is contact the store direct and they will be pleased to collect what is a rather expensive item for them.

The Big four stores contact details are:

Sainsbury               01225 444737

Co-Operative          01225 429123
Morrisons               01225 789 617
Waitrose                 01225 442550

by Cllr Sharon Ball

Victoria Bridge

Sarah Moore and Sharon at temporary repair

Bath & North East Somerset Liberal Democrat cabinet have passed financial support for the repairs of Victoria Bridge costing over £2.58 Million.

The repairs are due for completion in late 2014 and will be starting in April 2013 this follows on from the emergency repairs that were put in place in Nov 2011 to stablalise the bridge.

"I am pleased that the council has taken the steps to ensure that this historic structure is brought back to its former glory and will be a treasure for future generations and an important link between the Western Riverside and the Upper Bristol Road".

full report passed by the council

By Cllr Sharon Ball

West Ave Yellow Lines

By Cllr Sharon Ball

Sharon & Sarah Moore on side where lines have been asked for.

The Saga continues after my request over 18 months ago for double yellow lines to be put in on the side of the road from 1 to 111 West Ave.

The matter was discussed at the Cabinet meeting in June where the cabinet member for Highways withdrew the item from consideration so that a late submition over the safety of School Children crossing the road was submitted by Oldfield Infants School.

It is frustrating that this matter that has taken so long to come close to a resolution has again been held up but it is important for all the safety issues to be addressed.

A meeting will be held shortly on site with the Cabinet member to hopefully resolve the matter.

"Sad tree" - Lymore Gardens play area

Great to see that only days after this sad tree was reported to BANES, it has been safely removed.

The climbing frame is free again to be enjoyed by the children and the play area is alot safer and brighter.







by Sarah Moore

Dartmouth ave litter problem

I have asked the council and Somer Housing to ensure that the area by the Pines is cleaned properly. On a recent visit the area was very untidy and I want to ensure that it gets a good old fashioned brush up.

Westmoreland Weekend update

Cllr Sharon Ball and I went around Westmoreland yesterday and found a number of issues.  These have all now been reported to BANES for attention.



We noticed this rather sad looking tree in the play area at Lymore Gardens, which is preventing the children using the climbing equipment in the park.


This has been reported to BANES and will hopefully be cut down soon.



There was a large amount of rubbish in front gardens that have been left out by the students that are leaving for the summer, we have asked if BANES will send an officer around the ward and locate these houses and arrange for the rubbish to be removed, before the birds and other animals decide to "open" them for themselves.

We also had a look around the Western Riverside development, which is also in Westmoreland and these buildings are going up quite quickly now, with a very nice riverside area being created.

If you have an issues in your street that is not being looked at, please contact us.

by
Sarah Moore