Great to have joined along with Dr Lauren Sullivan MP Member of Parliament for Gravesham many of the Street Champions today around Perry Street and surrounding roads in the Ward to litter pick - over 40 bags of rubbish collected and fly tips reported. This is addition to the daily work that goes on by the Gravesham Borough Council Street Cleaning Team - imagine what could be done with the budget for local residents if we did not have to spend so much money of litter picking and street cleaning. Thank you to all those who joined today and helped. If you wish to join the Street Champions please visit https://www.gravesham.gov.uk/keeping-gravesham-clean/street-champions If you wish to report a fly tip for investigation and clearing please visit https://www.gravesham.gov.uk/keeping-gravesham-clean/flytipping-littering
Today as part of being a listening council Gravesham Borough Council held a housing surgery on Lawrance Square with Housing Officers, Kent Police, Repairs Team and I joined them to listen to residents issues and gather lots of casework that residents were being helped with. In the end dozens of residents and households attended so thank you to all those that attended and I look forward to this returning. As your local councillor together with Ward Colleagues we hold monthly Councillor Surgeries on the 3rd Saturday of every month from 9.30am - 10.30am at Shears Green Court Communal Lounge off Haynes Road.
Delighted to attend the National Cyclo Cross Championships at the Cyclopark today with Dr Lauren Sullivan MP for Gravesham and met with the manager of Cyclopark, the Chair of the Board and British Cycling which is the governing body for cycling sports to hear about exciting ideas and plans to ensure that this well loved local facility remains part of the fabric of Gravesham and Gravesham Borough Council will do what it can to support this.
Delighted to have done another regular litterpick today in the ward and joined by Dr Lauren Sullivan MP for Gravesham! We did a route near Copperfield Academy along Dover Road East and some of the surrounding roads. I have reported other rubbish and litter than will need our council services to pick up and Lauren will be reporting the litter on railway land which includes flytipping and we will be looking to enforce against those that flytip.
As promised to ward residents, I attended the Planning Committee on Wed 8 Jan as the site that was the former Battle of Britain was on the agenda. The issue was regarding a new electricity power station on the site that will be a former care home. I raised issues from residents including noise, security of the site, coverings and proximity to the school. This is in addition to previous issues I have raised at past Planning Committee meetings such as the height of the building, the design of the building, overlooking, parking spaces (residents, visitors and staff and the impact on local residents should parking be at capacity) and road and traffic issues such as the busy New House Lane and Coldharbour Road junction.
I attended a briefing with the Chief Constable of Kent Police Tim Smith in Maidstone today and raised some issues about crime rates and ensuring a focus on prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour.