Category: Democracy & Council

It is my personal opinion that the rainfall and flooding experienced last week in Eastcote was greater than that in 2016.

The total rainfall over the area as a whole has triggered the need for the council as Lead Local Flood Authority to compile a report on the areas which flooded, what happened, what can be done to improve the situation.

To make sure that any surface water flooding you experienced is included in this report then please email the council and copy us at ERA – click here to do this 

If you wish to go one step further you can fill in the online forms by following the two links below which were provided by the council. These forms will ask questions about where the water came from, what it looked like and why you think it collected where it did. Photos welcomed. It is extremely helpful in obtaining useful outcomes and in some cases funding if you report flooding because, for example, Thames Water who are the second link below only log reports received directly from those affected.

Click here to report flooding to Hillingdon Council

Click here to report flooding to Thames water

Please contact me if you have any further questions or concerns

Alison Holtorp, Chairman of Eastcote Residents Association

 

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Draft Statement of Gambling Principles 2019 – 2022

The Gambling Act 2005

The Council has reviewed its Statement of Gambling Principles and has made some minor amendments.

The revised policy 2019 – 2022 is scheduled to come into force on 21^st November 2019 and is available to view on the Hillingdon website – click here

Should you wish to make any comments on the revised policy, please do so to licensing@hillingdon.gov.uk.

The policy consultation period ends on 8^th August 2019

On 2nd June, Buckingham Palace announced that Northwood Hills Residents’ Association had been awarded ”The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.”  This is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. Continue reading “Congratulations to Northwood Hills Residents’ Association”

Consultation on Airspace Change Proposal ends 12 May 2019

Royal Air Force Northolt is required to submit an Airspace Change Proposal under the Department for Transport’s Future Airspace Strategy Implementation (South) programme. All airports in the South East of the United Kingdom are taking part in this programme, which will not be implemented before 2024.

This Airspace Change Proposal will be implemented under the Civil Aviation Authority’s ‘CAP1616’ process, which directs an airport or airfield to engage with those geographical areas that may be affected by any proposed flightpath changes. We have identified that your area could be affected by Royal Air Force Northolt’s Airspace Change Proposal.

We want to ensure that you are aware of this Airspace Change Proposal, and seek the input of local residents before we start the initial airspace design process. Before we start to put any lines on maps, we would like to understand what is important to local residents and this information will influence the design principles that we use in designing the Airspace Change. This way we can ensure that local opinion is taken into account, where there are choices to be made in the airspace design process.

Additional information relating to the proposal can be downloaded here

You can let your views be known by downloading and completing the design principles form and sending an electronic copy to NOR-Airspaceportal@mod.gov.uk, or by posting a hard copy to ‘Senior Air Traffic Controller, RAF Northolt, RUISLIP, HA4 6NG’. Please rank the design principles in it in order of preference for Tables Two and Three.

We stress that operations and usage at RAF Northolt will remain unchanged, just the airspace in which our aircraft operate will change. What we are looking to achieve at this stage is simply to understand which of the design principles are most important to residents. From there we can go about designing the airspace and share the proposals once complete. For electronic contact please use the following email address: NOR-Airspaceportal@mod.gov.uk

Hillingdon Council have produced a draft Air Quality Action Plan part of their duty to London Local Air Quality Management.

The purpose of this plan is to protect the health and wellbeing of the people who live and work in the borough from the effects of air pollution. It outlines the actions they plan to take in improving air quality in Hillingdon between 2019 and 2024.

There is a local consultation to ensure residents, businesses and organisations are able to give their views on the draft plan and on any potential air quality issues in their own local areas. The Council will review the draft plan taking appropriate account of the consultation responses received.

They are inviting residents, businesses and organisations to take part via the “Have Your Say” link below, where they can find relevant information and a link to the online survey.

Have Your Say

Paper copies of the consultation are also available upon request to vbeale@hillingdon.gov.uk

This consultation closes on Friday 19 April 2019.

There is a petition calling on the Government to abandon the HS2 Rail Project.

10,000 signatures are needed for a Government response and 100,000 to get a parliamentary debate.

If you are interested in this, It runs until 24 April 2019.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/230452

Click here to view answers to questions raised at presentation on 27 February 2019

New Eastcote Ward ERA response

Last chance to have your say about the proposed new Eastcote Ward. There will be no further consultation…

Eastcote is currently split in the middle and across several Council Wards. As a result of discussions within the Hillingdon Alliance of Residents’ Associations it was decided that
• wards based on and named after locally recognisable communities was not only the way forward but highly desirable
• split high streets/conservation areas etc. were undesirable
• achieving this would not necessarily be the same as achieving electoral parity
and because of this last point
• existing Residents’ Association boundaries would remain unchanged.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has recommended that most of Eastcote becomes one ward, with its conservation areas and shopping centre intact. This is currently only a proposal and the Commission may make changes depending on what replies they receive, so it is just as important to let them know that you like the new arrangement as it is to suggest changes.

The new boundaries can be seen by using this link to an interactive map. It is very VERY slow to load so remember ‘patience is a virtue’. Use the box with arrows in to move the area you want to look at into the middle of the screen and then the + sign at the top of the map to zoom in and WAIT…

Further up the page is a green box ‘HAVE YOUR SAY’. Please take the time to respond, it is very quick. Name address and a small comments box – no long explanations necessary…

ERA Draft Response