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27 November 2008
Welcome to the Autumn 2008 news update
from the Hanger Hill (East) Residents' Association
We are sending you a link - www.hhera.com/page8.htm - to an advance copy of the latest Residents' Association newsletter; printed paper copies are currently being distributed to households on the estate. The newsletter is slightly later than usual partly because we wanted to take the opportunity of updating you on the latest position on the Dickens Yard and proposed Arcadia developments in central Ealing. Dickens Yard was approved by the Council’s Planning Committee on 5th November and Glenkerrin’s two submitted applications are due to go before the Council’s Planning Committee on 17th December. More details are provided in the message below from Save Ealing’s Centre, to which the Association is affiliated.
Finally, a reminder about the THE ASCENSION CHRISTMAS FAYRE on Saturday 29 November 2008. The Fayre will include attractions such as gifts, books, cakes and much more…. Church of the Ascension Hall, Beaufort Road W5. Doors open at 2.00 pm. All welcome!
Finally, we are always trying to increase our email subscribers’ list and would be grateful if you would forward this to any friends or residents that you know who would be interested. Please encourage them also to subscribe via our website at www.hhera.com. Also if you no longer wish to receive emails from us, simply unsubscribe at the bottom of this page or if you have changed your email address please re-register via the website.
The Residents' Association Committee would like to take this opportunity of wishing you season's greetings and best wishes for the New Year.
HHERA
MESSAGE FROM SAVE EALING’S CENTRE
DICKENS YARD + ARCADIA = 1265 new flats, at least 2500 new people, 14 high rise blocks rising from 7 to 26 storeys etc etc etc and no community facilities!
Dickens Yard has (so far) been approved. We do not need more of the same with Arcadia. This is not “regeneration” – it is “densification”. Over the next few weeks we ask everyone to embark on a letter writing/emailing campaign to keep the Dickens Yard and Arcadia developments high profile as the decision-making dates approach.
This can be done by writing to the Ealing Gazette at, your councillors, your local MP and by writing to Ealing’s Planning department to formally object to Glenkerrin’s applications.
Dickens Yard... the latest news
The London Mayor’s office has been receiving lots of letters from Ealing’s public – thank you!
The Mayor’s officers were due to make a recommendation on 25th November and it has been postponed by at least a week and maybe longer because they are looking into the application and have requested further information from Ealing Council.
If you haven’t yet, write to and
Ask the Mayor to REJECT the application – the Planning Report ignores 3000 objection letters, the recommendations from English Heritage, CABE and its own Conservation Group, and local and national planning policies and guidelines. The development is unsustainable, provides ‘housing for hobbits’ and sets a precedent for other developers such as Glenkerrin who are proposing a similar development no more than 100 metres from Dickens Yard.
GLENKERRIN’s New Bus Interchange Application and Revised ARCADIA Planning Application Need Our Attention Too!
1st Application – Bus Interchange on the east side of Haven Green (P/2008/4025)
The closing date for comments on this application is 27/11/08.
Please read this leaflet www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcLeafletSa veHavenGreen1108 .pdf <www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcLeafletSa veHavenGreen1108 .pdf> that summarises why we should object to this application. For a detailed assessment please read www.saveealingscentre. com/ArcTransport HavenGreen1108v2 .pdf <www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcTransport HavenGreen1108v2 .pdf>
Object to this scheme by November 27th by going online (be sure to change 'Nature of Submission' option that is after your Details from COMMENT to OBJECT) at www.pam. ealing.gov. uk/portal/ servlets/ PlanningComments ?REFNO=P/ 2008/4025 <www.pam. ealing.gov. uk/portal/ servlets/ PlanningComments ?REFNO=P/ 2008/4025>
2nd Application - Revised planning application for the Arcadia site ( P/2007/4246 )
The closing date for comments on this application is 5/12/08.
Please read this leaflet www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcLeafletWh atFutureEalingBd wy1108v2. pdf <www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcLeafletWh atFutureEalingBd wy1108v2. pdf> that summarises why we should object to this application. For a detailed assessment on the housing element of the scheme please read www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcResidenti alAssessment1108 v2.pdf AND for a detailed assessment on the community facilities element of the scheme please read www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcCommunity Assessment1108. pdf
Object to this scheme by December 5th by going online (be sure to change 'Nature of Submission' option that is after your Details from COMMENT to OBJECT) at www.pam. ealing.gov. uk/portal/ servlets/ PlanningComments ?REFNO=P/ 2007/4246 <www.pam. ealing.gov. uk/portal/ servlets/ PlanningComments ?REFNO=P/ 2007/4246>
Please CIRCULATE this email to your contacts.
Donations as cheques payable to "Save Ealing's Centre" and send them to: The Treasurer, Save Ealing's Centre, 20 Mattock Lane, Ealing, London W5 5BH
THANK YOU for your support.
SAVE EALING’s CENTRE
www.saveealingscentre.com/
16 May 2008
Welcome to the Summer 2008 news update
from the Hanger Hill (East) Residents' Association
First, a reminder about the Church of the Ascension 10th Anniversary Special Spring Festival 2008 which is taking place on Saturday, May 17 from 12 noon – 3 pm at the Church of the Ascension, Beaufort Road. Admission is free and a free ploughman's lunch will be provided. The Festival will include attractions such as a Spring plant sale, bookstall, cake stand, children’s activities and play area as well as displays and music. Everyone welcome!
Those of you who attended the Association’s AGM on 24 April will know that the new 2008/9 committee was approved. Full details, including a report on activities during 2007 in the area, are now available at hhera.com/page9.htm.
Also, following the recent review of the Haymills Estate conservation area the new conservation area appraisal and design guide have been published and are now available on Ealing Council's website -- see link below. If you are planning any alterations to your house please make sure that you refer your architect to this material at an early stage.
www.ealing.gov.uk/services/environment/planning/planning_services/conservation/conservation_areas/consarea_hh.html
Further afield, details of the planning application for redevelopment by St George Plc of Dickens Yard (behind Ealing Town Hall) are now available in the Public Reception area, Perceval House and on the Council's website (see link below). Also, there is a display in the Town Hall foyer showing a model of the development as well as some photographs of the proposal. The display will be manned by representatives from St George on Wednesdays (4-7 p.m. in the front hall) and Saturdays (11-4 p.m. in the Telfer Room) until 25 June. Comments on the application should be submitted by Friday 27th June.
www.ealing.gov.uk/services/council/consultations/current_consultations/dickensyard/index.html
Finally, HACAN-Clear skies are organising a special rally at Sipson on Saturday 31 May against the third Heathrow runway. Full details are available at their website -- see link below.
www.hacan.org.uk/#march
Have a great summer!
Best wishes from your Committee.
HHERA.com
17 January 2008
Dear resident
As I mentioned in the Winter 2007/8 HHERA News the review of the conservation area is now underway and residents will be receiving a letter from the Council seeking their comments on the draft conservation area appraisal and management plan. Although the letter gives a deadline of 31 January for comments we are asking the Council to give more time for residents to respond.
The documents may be viewed on the Council’s website using the following link:
www.ealing.gov.uk/services/council/consultations/current_consultations/hangerhill_conversation/_index.html
They are also available for viewing at the Council’s offices in Perceval House, Uxbridge Road, W5 (public reception area).
Comments may be submitted online (via the above link) or sent to the Council’s Conservation Officer, Eleanor Lakew at Lakewe@ealing.gov.uk.
If you have any problems viewing the documents please let us know via mail@hhera.com.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
Hanger Hill (East) RA
17 January 2008
Visit our web site at
www.hhera.com
for latest news
21 December 2007
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN, HANGER HILL (EAST) RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Dear resident,
I am sending you a link (click here) to an advance copy of the latest Residents' Association newsletter, printed paper copies are currently being distributed to households on the estate. The newsletter is slightly later than usual partly because we wanted to take the opportunity of updating you on the latest position on the proposed Arcadia development in central Ealing: although the deadline for comments has strictly passed, the plans have been amended (in only minor ways) and the consultation period has now been extended to around end January. HHERA has written to support the representations made to the Council by Save Ealing’s Centre Alliance of over 20 residents’ associations and community groups. If you have not yet written to object to this scheme which would change the centre of Ealing for all time, there is therefore still time to do so. Information on what to say can be found on the Save Ealing's Centre's website (www.saveealingscentre.com).
Incidentally, don’t forget to keep an eye on our own website (address below) which will shortly include a copy of the Estate Design Guide which has previously only been available in paper copy form and updated information on window replacement on the estate. We are also providing some information about contractors and if you would like to add to the list of recommended tradesmen or contractors (not just in relation to windows), please email mail@hhera.com
The Residents' Association Committee would like to take this opportunity of wishing you season's greetings and best wishes for the New Year.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
Hanger Hill (East) RA
Visit our web site at
www.hhera.com
for latest news
24 Augsut 2007
Welcome to the Summer news update from the Hanger Hill (East) Residents’ Association.
Following the resumed AGM, the members of the new committee met to elect the officers of the Association and the following were duly elected:
Robert Gurd – Chairman
Martyn Grogan – Vice Chairman
Clive Davis – Treasurer
Valerie Giles – Secretary
The meeting then went on to consider several matters relating the estate and items that were put forward for discussion at the AGM. In an effort to keep all residents informed, a brief summary of those matters that were discussed is below. Please email HHERA - mail@hhera.com - with your comments or further observations/ideas.
Speed Control Measures
The proposed vehicle actuated signs for Corringway have not yet been installed due to objections raised by residents. It was therefore proposed that one should be considered for Boileau Road, following appropriate speed checks being undertaken by portable meter in the affected roads.
Conservation Area Review
The Conservation Area has been in place for over 10 years and is overdue for review. We understand that this review will take place early 2008. HHERA will follow this carefully and ensure that all residents are consulted during the process.
Roads and Pavements
1. The Hanger Hill CPZ review has taken place and was discussed by the Ealing Area Committee. Concern has been expressed that HHERA was not involved in the review, despite asking to be consulted. Councillor Barbara Yerolemou will be approached in an effort to ensure the views of the Association are properly considered.
2. The traffic bottleneck at the entrance to the Hanger Lane Gyratory system from the west-bound slip from Hanger Green A40 is causing concern with residents. It is proposed that this should be raised with Transport for London.
3. Improvements to the junction of Queen’s Drive/Station Road are required in order to resolve the build-up of traffic, causing a hazardous and dangerous situation to both right and left turns. This matter was raised at an Areas Committee meeting some months ago but the Council had no resources at that time to study this problem. HHERA feels this should still be considered and put forward on the list of possible schemes.
4. Some residents felt that a number of speed control humps on the Estate were too harsh and should be reduced. Councillor Barbara Yerolemou should be contacted to consider appropriate amendments.
Changes to the Constitution
Following ideas and suggestions made at the AGM, further changes to the constitution of the Residents’ Association have been proposed and will be considered and developed, where appropriate, by a small working party. Areas to be considered will include the number of votes per household, clarification of the period of notice for relevant meetings, clarification of the words ‘special’ and ‘extraordinary’ meetings, and the calling of an emergency meeting.
The preliminary work will be undertaken during the next couple of months and any proposed amendments will be communicated to all residents and ultimately be considered and ratified at an EGM or AGM of the Association.
Estate Matters
Crime on the estate was discussed and consideration was given to the reactivation of the Neighbourhood Watch scheme. It was agreed to contact the appropriate Community Support Officers to request reactivation of the scheme. We would welcome feed back from all residents in reintroducing the scheme. The CSO team will be approached about this and the Association will report back to all members in the Autumn newsletter.
Social Events
Following the requests by some residents for social events to be considered on a bi-annual basis, it is proposed to hold a gathering early in January 2008. Your Committee would welcome feedback and ideas on this proposal and also welcome volunteers to join a social committee to help with the organisation of this and future events. Please contact us via the website – mail@hhera.com. Further details will be published in the Autumn newsletter.
HHERA Forum
The HHERA website - hhera.com - now has a HHERA Forum page that enables all residents to leave appropriate messages for all residents to view and express relevant opinions. Your Residents’ Association welcomes your ideas and comments but would ask that all comments posted to be considered and not abusive in anyway. If we feel that any comments that are left are not appropriate, they will be removed without notice.
IMPORTANT WARNING
A firm of itinerant paving contractors is currently working on the estate. They are unlikely to inform residents that planning permission may be required if works are carried out to front gardens, including walls and railings. Residents employing their services lay themselves open to risk of enforcement action by the Council if the planning procedures are not followed. You have been warned!
© HHERA
August 2007
MESSAGES FROM THE CHAIRMAN
27 May 2007
Dear resident
This is a reminder that the resumed AGM will be held on Thursday 31 May starting at 7:30 pm in the Church of the Ascension (doors will open at 7 pm for registration).
I should like to update you briefly on events since the AGM was regrettably adjourned on 19 April to ensure the proper democratic process took place with all residents being given an opportunity to express their opinion and vote accordingly.
Following the adjournment, discussions took place on two separate occasions in an attempt to reach some sort of agreement with Sanjay Chadha and his group involving mediation. The first produced no result; and the second resulted in a proposal, which included a demand for my withdrawal as a candidate for election to the 2007 HHERA committee, and an undertaking not to stand for chairmanship for a further three years. In return Sanjay Chadha would not stand for election as a committee member and would also withdraw the additional proposed changes to the Constitution (item 5 of the AGM agenda).
Before your Committee had responded to this proposal, which would have been rejected on the grounds that it was undemocratic, the group withdrew all 11 of its candidates from the election, together with their request for amendments to the Constitution.
As a result, there will be no formal ballot at the AGM since there remain only 11 candidates standing for election, following three previous withdrawals. A list of the remaining candidate is on the website - HHERA Committee 2007.
As most members know, The Hanger Hill (East) Residents' Association has been in
existence for over 30 years and only exists to serve the interests of the area as a whole. With the benefit of new blood being introduced onto the Committee, the Association will continue to serve the interests of the vast majority of residents in the area in the years to come.
The way is now open, I hope, for the Association to move on and put the events of the last year behind it. I will report in full on this and other important matters in my Chairman’s report at the resumed AGM.
This remains an important time for the Association and I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.
Robert Gurd
Chairman HHERA
P.S. As is the normal practice of your Association, posters have been placed around the estate since last Thursday informing everybody about the resumed AGM. Seemingly these are systematically being removed. We are replacing them on a regular basis but would be grateful if you see anybody wilfully removing them that you ask them to desist as these posters cost time, money and effort to produce and distribute.
6 May 2007
Dear resident
Resumed AGM
Below is the formal notice calling the resumed AGM of HHERA on Thursday 31 May 2007 at 7.30pm. Please note the meeting will continue in the Church of The Ascension - not the Hall - where there is greater flexibility with capacity, thereby ensuring that all members of the Association will be able to exercise their democratic right to express their opinion and vote accordingly in the election for the new HHERA committee.
Please remember that, as set out in Paragraph 2 of the revised adopted constitution, ‘…any person not named on the published electoral roll may be asked to provide a utility bill not more than three months old as proof of residence and a passport or driving licence as proof of identity. Failure to provide either or both of these documents will render the person concerned ineligible to vote.’
Doors for the meeting will open at 7.00 pm to ensure the swift and efficient processing of this constitutional requirement. We thank you in advance for your cooperation and help, and look forward to seeing you on Thursday 31 May.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
mail@hhera.com
Notice of Resumed HHERA Annual General Meeting: Thursday 31 May 2007
The Church of the Ascension, Beaufort Road, Ealing W5 at 7.30 p.m.
Doors open at 7.00 pm for registration as required by the revised constitution.
Agenda
1. Chairman/secretary’s report
2. Auditor’s report
3. Appointment of auditors
4. Estate matters (including traffic, parking, etc)
5. Election of 2007/8 committee
6. Proposed changes to the constitution by Sanjay Chadha and other residents – see below
7. Intermission
8. AOB
9. Close
Proposed changes to the constitution of the Hanger Hill (East) Residents’ Association by Sanjay Chadha and other residents, extracted and reproduced below, were contained in a letter dated 4 March (received 15 March) and will be considered, as originally requested, at the resumed Annual General Meeting. Some of these proposed changes have already been considered and adopted at the EGM held on 19 April 2007.
“1. The Association shall have a Committee of 11 members who shall all be elected annually and be representative of the multi-cultural make-up of the estate. (amendment needed in clause5 of the constitution)
2. The Committee shall select its Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. (amendment needed in clause4 of constitution)
3. The Committee will organize twice a year social gathering (Christmas and summer) and consult the residents once every year about their most serious concerns (e.g. crime, graffiti, rat-runs, conservation planning permission for extensions, parking, street lighting, condition of the roads and pavements, welcome signs, etc.) (new amendment needed in constitution)
4. No Officer of the committee shall serve for more than three years. (new amendment needed in the constitution)
5. Reforms of electoral process of the committee members (eg voting by secret ballots &election is to be supervised by an independent person who will act as a returning officer/election supervsor). (new amendment needed in the constitution)
6 In the agenda of the Agm a specific/exact time of the election of the committee members must be mentioned. (new amendment needed in the constitution)
7. Membership of the Association will be restricted to those who care about our amenities and agree to contribute £20 per annum to ensure we have sufficient funds to make progress. (new amendment needed in the constitution)”
1 May 2007
Dear resident
You will recall that I had to adjourn the AGM on Thursday 19 April and undertook to arrange a resumed date in a larger venue within around six weeks. I am pleased to say that we have been able to secure the Church of the Ascension, Beaufort Road, W5 on Thursday 31 May from 7:30 p.m. We will be circulating all residents with full details in a few weeks' time. In the
meantime, you might like to put this date in your diary. I look forward to seeing you then.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
22 April
Dear resident
I am writing to thank everyone who attended the EGM/AGM meetings on Thursday 19 April. A full note will be posted on our website shortly but, for those who didn't attend, the outcome was as follows. The proposed amendments to the constitution were agreed with minor variations. The 2007 AGM was opened but adjourned before elections to the new committee took place.
I am aware that some residents who attended the AGM would have preferred the elections to take place there and then. But I decided in the interest of long term harmony of residents living in the area that it would not be helpful to do so when many who were entitled to vote either could not be admitted to the hall as its legal capacity had been reached or had left due to the lateness of the hour.
We are putting in train arrangements to hold the reconvened AGM in June as I undertook at the meeting.
I look forward to seeing you at the reconvened meeting.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
HHERA
www.hhera.com
mail@hhera.com
Welcome to the Autumn 2008 news update
from the Hanger Hill (East) Residents' Association
We are sending you a link - www.hhera.com/page8.htm - to an advance copy of the latest Residents' Association newsletter; printed paper copies are currently being distributed to households on the estate. The newsletter is slightly later than usual partly because we wanted to take the opportunity of updating you on the latest position on the Dickens Yard and proposed Arcadia developments in central Ealing. Dickens Yard was approved by the Council’s Planning Committee on 5th November and Glenkerrin’s two submitted applications are due to go before the Council’s Planning Committee on 17th December. More details are provided in the message below from Save Ealing’s Centre, to which the Association is affiliated.
Finally, a reminder about the THE ASCENSION CHRISTMAS FAYRE on Saturday 29 November 2008. The Fayre will include attractions such as gifts, books, cakes and much more…. Church of the Ascension Hall, Beaufort Road W5. Doors open at 2.00 pm. All welcome!
Finally, we are always trying to increase our email subscribers’ list and would be grateful if you would forward this to any friends or residents that you know who would be interested. Please encourage them also to subscribe via our website at www.hhera.com. Also if you no longer wish to receive emails from us, simply unsubscribe at the bottom of this page or if you have changed your email address please re-register via the website.
The Residents' Association Committee would like to take this opportunity of wishing you season's greetings and best wishes for the New Year.
HHERA
MESSAGE FROM SAVE EALING’S CENTRE
DICKENS YARD + ARCADIA = 1265 new flats, at least 2500 new people, 14 high rise blocks rising from 7 to 26 storeys etc etc etc and no community facilities!
Dickens Yard has (so far) been approved. We do not need more of the same with Arcadia. This is not “regeneration” – it is “densification”. Over the next few weeks we ask everyone to embark on a letter writing/emailing campaign to keep the Dickens Yard and Arcadia developments high profile as the decision-making dates approach.
This can be done by writing to the Ealing Gazette at
Dickens Yard... the latest news
The London Mayor’s office has been receiving lots of letters from Ealing’s public – thank you!
The Mayor’s officers were due to make a recommendation on 25th November and it has been postponed by at least a week and maybe longer because they are looking into the application and have requested further information from Ealing Council.
If you haven’t yet, write to
Ask the Mayor to REJECT the application – the Planning Report ignores 3000 objection letters, the recommendations from English Heritage, CABE and its own Conservation Group, and local and national planning policies and guidelines. The development is unsustainable, provides ‘housing for hobbits’ and sets a precedent for other developers such as Glenkerrin who are proposing a similar development no more than 100 metres from Dickens Yard.
GLENKERRIN’s New Bus Interchange Application and Revised ARCADIA Planning Application Need Our Attention Too!
1st Application – Bus Interchange on the east side of Haven Green (P/2008/4025)
The closing date for comments on this application is 27/11/08.
Please read this leaflet www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcLeafletSa veHavenGreen1108 .pdf <www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcLeafletSa veHavenGreen1108 .pdf> that summarises why we should object to this application. For a detailed assessment please read www.saveealingscentre. com/ArcTransport HavenGreen1108v2 .pdf <www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcTransport HavenGreen1108v2 .pdf>
Object to this scheme by November 27th by going online (be sure to change 'Nature of Submission' option that is after your Details from COMMENT to OBJECT) at www.pam. ealing.gov. uk/portal/ servlets/ PlanningComments ?REFNO=P/ 2008/4025 <www.pam. ealing.gov. uk/portal/ servlets/ PlanningComments ?REFNO=P/ 2008/4025>
2nd Application - Revised planning application for the Arcadia site ( P/2007/4246 )
The closing date for comments on this application is 5/12/08.
Please read this leaflet www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcLeafletWh atFutureEalingBd wy1108v2. pdf <www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcLeafletWh atFutureEalingBd wy1108v2. pdf> that summarises why we should object to this application. For a detailed assessment on the housing element of the scheme please read www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcResidenti alAssessment1108 v2.pdf AND for a detailed assessment on the community facilities element of the scheme please read www.saveeali ngscentre. com/ArcCommunity Assessment1108. pdf
Object to this scheme by December 5th by going online (be sure to change 'Nature of Submission' option that is after your Details from COMMENT to OBJECT) at www.pam. ealing.gov. uk/portal/ servlets/ PlanningComments ?REFNO=P/ 2007/4246 <www.pam. ealing.gov. uk/portal/ servlets/ PlanningComments ?REFNO=P/ 2007/4246>
Please CIRCULATE this email to your contacts.
Donations as cheques payable to "Save Ealing's Centre" and send them to: The Treasurer, Save Ealing's Centre, 20 Mattock Lane, Ealing, London W5 5BH
THANK YOU for your support.
SAVE EALING’s CENTRE
www.saveealingscentre.com/
16 May 2008
Welcome to the Summer 2008 news update
from the Hanger Hill (East) Residents' Association
First, a reminder about the Church of the Ascension 10th Anniversary Special Spring Festival 2008 which is taking place on Saturday, May 17 from 12 noon – 3 pm at the Church of the Ascension, Beaufort Road. Admission is free and a free ploughman's lunch will be provided. The Festival will include attractions such as a Spring plant sale, bookstall, cake stand, children’s activities and play area as well as displays and music. Everyone welcome!
Those of you who attended the Association’s AGM on 24 April will know that the new 2008/9 committee was approved. Full details, including a report on activities during 2007 in the area, are now available at hhera.com/page9.htm.
Also, following the recent review of the Haymills Estate conservation area the new conservation area appraisal and design guide have been published and are now available on Ealing Council's website -- see link below. If you are planning any alterations to your house please make sure that you refer your architect to this material at an early stage.
www.ealing.gov.uk/services/environment/planning/planning_services/conservation/conservation_areas/consarea_hh.html
Further afield, details of the planning application for redevelopment by St George Plc of Dickens Yard (behind Ealing Town Hall) are now available in the Public Reception area, Perceval House and on the Council's website (see link below). Also, there is a display in the Town Hall foyer showing a model of the development as well as some photographs of the proposal. The display will be manned by representatives from St George on Wednesdays (4-7 p.m. in the front hall) and Saturdays (11-4 p.m. in the Telfer Room) until 25 June. Comments on the application should be submitted by Friday 27th June.
www.ealing.gov.uk/services/council/consultations/current_consultations/dickensyard/index.html
Finally, HACAN-Clear skies are organising a special rally at Sipson on Saturday 31 May against the third Heathrow runway. Full details are available at their website -- see link below.
www.hacan.org.uk/#march
Have a great summer!
Best wishes from your Committee.
HHERA.com
17 January 2008
Dear resident
As I mentioned in the Winter 2007/8 HHERA News the review of the conservation area is now underway and residents will be receiving a letter from the Council seeking their comments on the draft conservation area appraisal and management plan. Although the letter gives a deadline of 31 January for comments we are asking the Council to give more time for residents to respond.
The documents may be viewed on the Council’s website using the following link:
www.ealing.gov.uk/services/council/consultations/current_consultations/hangerhill_conversation/_index.html
They are also available for viewing at the Council’s offices in Perceval House, Uxbridge Road, W5 (public reception area).
Comments may be submitted online (via the above link) or sent to the Council’s Conservation Officer, Eleanor Lakew at Lakewe@ealing.gov.uk.
If you have any problems viewing the documents please let us know via mail@hhera.com.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
Hanger Hill (East) RA
17 January 2008
Visit our web site at
www.hhera.com
for latest news
21 December 2007
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN, HANGER HILL (EAST) RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Dear resident,
I am sending you a link (click here) to an advance copy of the latest Residents' Association newsletter, printed paper copies are currently being distributed to households on the estate. The newsletter is slightly later than usual partly because we wanted to take the opportunity of updating you on the latest position on the proposed Arcadia development in central Ealing: although the deadline for comments has strictly passed, the plans have been amended (in only minor ways) and the consultation period has now been extended to around end January. HHERA has written to support the representations made to the Council by Save Ealing’s Centre Alliance of over 20 residents’ associations and community groups. If you have not yet written to object to this scheme which would change the centre of Ealing for all time, there is therefore still time to do so. Information on what to say can be found on the Save Ealing's Centre's website (www.saveealingscentre.com).
Incidentally, don’t forget to keep an eye on our own website (address below) which will shortly include a copy of the Estate Design Guide which has previously only been available in paper copy form and updated information on window replacement on the estate. We are also providing some information about contractors and if you would like to add to the list of recommended tradesmen or contractors (not just in relation to windows), please email mail@hhera.com
The Residents' Association Committee would like to take this opportunity of wishing you season's greetings and best wishes for the New Year.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
Hanger Hill (East) RA
Visit our web site at
www.hhera.com
for latest news
24 Augsut 2007
Welcome to the Summer news update from the Hanger Hill (East) Residents’ Association.
Following the resumed AGM, the members of the new committee met to elect the officers of the Association and the following were duly elected:
Robert Gurd – Chairman
Martyn Grogan – Vice Chairman
Clive Davis – Treasurer
Valerie Giles – Secretary
The meeting then went on to consider several matters relating the estate and items that were put forward for discussion at the AGM. In an effort to keep all residents informed, a brief summary of those matters that were discussed is below. Please email HHERA - mail@hhera.com - with your comments or further observations/ideas.
Speed Control Measures
The proposed vehicle actuated signs for Corringway have not yet been installed due to objections raised by residents. It was therefore proposed that one should be considered for Boileau Road, following appropriate speed checks being undertaken by portable meter in the affected roads.
Conservation Area Review
The Conservation Area has been in place for over 10 years and is overdue for review. We understand that this review will take place early 2008. HHERA will follow this carefully and ensure that all residents are consulted during the process.
Roads and Pavements
1. The Hanger Hill CPZ review has taken place and was discussed by the Ealing Area Committee. Concern has been expressed that HHERA was not involved in the review, despite asking to be consulted. Councillor Barbara Yerolemou will be approached in an effort to ensure the views of the Association are properly considered.
2. The traffic bottleneck at the entrance to the Hanger Lane Gyratory system from the west-bound slip from Hanger Green A40 is causing concern with residents. It is proposed that this should be raised with Transport for London.
3. Improvements to the junction of Queen’s Drive/Station Road are required in order to resolve the build-up of traffic, causing a hazardous and dangerous situation to both right and left turns. This matter was raised at an Areas Committee meeting some months ago but the Council had no resources at that time to study this problem. HHERA feels this should still be considered and put forward on the list of possible schemes.
4. Some residents felt that a number of speed control humps on the Estate were too harsh and should be reduced. Councillor Barbara Yerolemou should be contacted to consider appropriate amendments.
Changes to the Constitution
Following ideas and suggestions made at the AGM, further changes to the constitution of the Residents’ Association have been proposed and will be considered and developed, where appropriate, by a small working party. Areas to be considered will include the number of votes per household, clarification of the period of notice for relevant meetings, clarification of the words ‘special’ and ‘extraordinary’ meetings, and the calling of an emergency meeting.
The preliminary work will be undertaken during the next couple of months and any proposed amendments will be communicated to all residents and ultimately be considered and ratified at an EGM or AGM of the Association.
Estate Matters
Crime on the estate was discussed and consideration was given to the reactivation of the Neighbourhood Watch scheme. It was agreed to contact the appropriate Community Support Officers to request reactivation of the scheme. We would welcome feed back from all residents in reintroducing the scheme. The CSO team will be approached about this and the Association will report back to all members in the Autumn newsletter.
Social Events
Following the requests by some residents for social events to be considered on a bi-annual basis, it is proposed to hold a gathering early in January 2008. Your Committee would welcome feedback and ideas on this proposal and also welcome volunteers to join a social committee to help with the organisation of this and future events. Please contact us via the website – mail@hhera.com. Further details will be published in the Autumn newsletter.
HHERA Forum
The HHERA website - hhera.com - now has a HHERA Forum page that enables all residents to leave appropriate messages for all residents to view and express relevant opinions. Your Residents’ Association welcomes your ideas and comments but would ask that all comments posted to be considered and not abusive in anyway. If we feel that any comments that are left are not appropriate, they will be removed without notice.
IMPORTANT WARNING
A firm of itinerant paving contractors is currently working on the estate. They are unlikely to inform residents that planning permission may be required if works are carried out to front gardens, including walls and railings. Residents employing their services lay themselves open to risk of enforcement action by the Council if the planning procedures are not followed. You have been warned!
© HHERA
August 2007
MESSAGES FROM THE CHAIRMAN
27 May 2007
Dear resident
This is a reminder that the resumed AGM will be held on Thursday 31 May starting at 7:30 pm in the Church of the Ascension (doors will open at 7 pm for registration).
I should like to update you briefly on events since the AGM was regrettably adjourned on 19 April to ensure the proper democratic process took place with all residents being given an opportunity to express their opinion and vote accordingly.
Following the adjournment, discussions took place on two separate occasions in an attempt to reach some sort of agreement with Sanjay Chadha and his group involving mediation. The first produced no result; and the second resulted in a proposal, which included a demand for my withdrawal as a candidate for election to the 2007 HHERA committee, and an undertaking not to stand for chairmanship for a further three years. In return Sanjay Chadha would not stand for election as a committee member and would also withdraw the additional proposed changes to the Constitution (item 5 of the AGM agenda).
Before your Committee had responded to this proposal, which would have been rejected on the grounds that it was undemocratic, the group withdrew all 11 of its candidates from the election, together with their request for amendments to the Constitution.
As a result, there will be no formal ballot at the AGM since there remain only 11 candidates standing for election, following three previous withdrawals. A list of the remaining candidate is on the website - HHERA Committee 2007.
As most members know, The Hanger Hill (East) Residents' Association has been in
existence for over 30 years and only exists to serve the interests of the area as a whole. With the benefit of new blood being introduced onto the Committee, the Association will continue to serve the interests of the vast majority of residents in the area in the years to come.
The way is now open, I hope, for the Association to move on and put the events of the last year behind it. I will report in full on this and other important matters in my Chairman’s report at the resumed AGM.
This remains an important time for the Association and I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.
Robert Gurd
Chairman HHERA
P.S. As is the normal practice of your Association, posters have been placed around the estate since last Thursday informing everybody about the resumed AGM. Seemingly these are systematically being removed. We are replacing them on a regular basis but would be grateful if you see anybody wilfully removing them that you ask them to desist as these posters cost time, money and effort to produce and distribute.
6 May 2007
Dear resident
Resumed AGM
Below is the formal notice calling the resumed AGM of HHERA on Thursday 31 May 2007 at 7.30pm. Please note the meeting will continue in the Church of The Ascension - not the Hall - where there is greater flexibility with capacity, thereby ensuring that all members of the Association will be able to exercise their democratic right to express their opinion and vote accordingly in the election for the new HHERA committee.
Please remember that, as set out in Paragraph 2 of the revised adopted constitution, ‘…any person not named on the published electoral roll may be asked to provide a utility bill not more than three months old as proof of residence and a passport or driving licence as proof of identity. Failure to provide either or both of these documents will render the person concerned ineligible to vote.’
Doors for the meeting will open at 7.00 pm to ensure the swift and efficient processing of this constitutional requirement. We thank you in advance for your cooperation and help, and look forward to seeing you on Thursday 31 May.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
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Notice of Resumed HHERA Annual General Meeting: Thursday 31 May 2007
The Church of the Ascension, Beaufort Road, Ealing W5 at 7.30 p.m.
Doors open at 7.00 pm for registration as required by the revised constitution.
Agenda
1. Chairman/secretary’s report
2. Auditor’s report
3. Appointment of auditors
4. Estate matters (including traffic, parking, etc)
5. Election of 2007/8 committee
6. Proposed changes to the constitution by Sanjay Chadha and other residents – see below
7. Intermission
8. AOB
9. Close
Proposed changes to the constitution of the Hanger Hill (East) Residents’ Association by Sanjay Chadha and other residents, extracted and reproduced below, were contained in a letter dated 4 March (received 15 March) and will be considered, as originally requested, at the resumed Annual General Meeting. Some of these proposed changes have already been considered and adopted at the EGM held on 19 April 2007.
“1. The Association shall have a Committee of 11 members who shall all be elected annually and be representative of the multi-cultural make-up of the estate. (amendment needed in clause5 of the constitution)
2. The Committee shall select its Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. (amendment needed in clause4 of constitution)
3. The Committee will organize twice a year social gathering (Christmas and summer) and consult the residents once every year about their most serious concerns (e.g. crime, graffiti, rat-runs, conservation planning permission for extensions, parking, street lighting, condition of the roads and pavements, welcome signs, etc.) (new amendment needed in constitution)
4. No Officer of the committee shall serve for more than three years. (new amendment needed in the constitution)
5. Reforms of electoral process of the committee members (eg voting by secret ballots &election is to be supervised by an independent person who will act as a returning officer/election supervsor). (new amendment needed in the constitution)
6 In the agenda of the Agm a specific/exact time of the election of the committee members must be mentioned. (new amendment needed in the constitution)
7. Membership of the Association will be restricted to those who care about our amenities and agree to contribute £20 per annum to ensure we have sufficient funds to make progress. (new amendment needed in the constitution)”
1 May 2007
Dear resident
You will recall that I had to adjourn the AGM on Thursday 19 April and undertook to arrange a resumed date in a larger venue within around six weeks. I am pleased to say that we have been able to secure the Church of the Ascension, Beaufort Road, W5 on Thursday 31 May from 7:30 p.m. We will be circulating all residents with full details in a few weeks' time. In the
meantime, you might like to put this date in your diary. I look forward to seeing you then.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
22 April
Dear resident
I am writing to thank everyone who attended the EGM/AGM meetings on Thursday 19 April. A full note will be posted on our website shortly but, for those who didn't attend, the outcome was as follows. The proposed amendments to the constitution were agreed with minor variations. The 2007 AGM was opened but adjourned before elections to the new committee took place.
I am aware that some residents who attended the AGM would have preferred the elections to take place there and then. But I decided in the interest of long term harmony of residents living in the area that it would not be helpful to do so when many who were entitled to vote either could not be admitted to the hall as its legal capacity had been reached or had left due to the lateness of the hour.
We are putting in train arrangements to hold the reconvened AGM in June as I undertook at the meeting.
I look forward to seeing you at the reconvened meeting.
Robert Gurd
Chairman
HHERA
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