Christmas eve missed collection

Due to even more snow fall collections had to be suspended on Christmas Eve. Most of King's Hedges has Thursday collections so we were hit by this.

Having checked the Service Updates page at 3:30pm on Wednesday 30th the plan is...

• Black bin collection: it was planned to clear back bins on Wednesday 30th December. If your bin was out and not collected call the City Council on 01223 457000 or 01223 458282
• Green and blue bin collections: will be "collected on their next scheduled collection date, in the week commencing 4 or 13 January", which means if you were due blue and green on Christmas Eve your bin will be collected on Thursday 7th January. This also applies to sacks and boxes.

If you have problems you can put excess waste in the black bin or use the recycling centres, but this is not ideal. Extra recycling can also be put out in your old boxes if you have them.

Sorry for the disruption but controlling a bin lorry on snowy and icy roads is not easy. Every effort was made to collect as much as possible, and the decision to suspend collections was taken very reluctantly indeed.

Tomorrow's scheduled collections are as per usual if the BBC is correct that we will have lots of drizzle and no snow tonight.

(If your collection is Friday remember that it will be delayed to Saturday due to New Years day.)

Planning application in Bayford Place

Hope you all had a great Christmas!

One application this week a two storey side extension to 41 Bayford Place, application number 09/1157/FUL.

Details on how to comment in my last planning posting!

Happy Christmas from the Team

Your local team would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas, and a safe and prosperous new year.

(And we used the delayed post feature of blogger to do this!)

Planning applications: Campkin Road, Arden Road and King's Hedges Road

After weeks with no applications this week we have three!

1. 12 Campkin Road has applied for a "single storey front extension" (application 09/1084/FUL)
2. 18 Arden Road has applied for a "two storey front extension and dormer" (application 09/1137/FUL), and finally
3. 36 King's Hedges Road has applied for a "single storey front extension" (application 09/1151/FUL)

The application on Arden Road is already down to come to a planning committee.

As always you can find out more information from Development Control at the City Council including details of how to inspect plans in person and online, and how to comment.

As always in case of difficulty let us know.

Distraction thefts from cash machines

The Neighbourhood Watch email newsletter from the Police contains a warning about a recent spate of distraction thefts at cash machines in the city centre.

The emails says:

Victims have pushed their card into the cash point slot and entered in their pin, at which point they have been approached from either side and their attention has been distracted by one of the offenders waving a newspaper in front of the screen.
Whilst distracting the victim, one of the offenders has entered a request for at least a £200 withdrawal. They then leave after taking the money and the victim doesn't realise until they find their card has been returned.

Please take care at cash machines and report anything suspicious to the Police. Any ifnormation on these crimes can be reported to DC Evans at Parkside Police Station on 0345 456 456 4 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

Snow and City Services

The snow has meant that today's waste collections had to be cancelled. There is also some impact on car parks

Details of the Council's plans can be found on the City Council's website, or by calling 01223 458282.

It looks like today's blue bin and black bin collections will be made on Monday.

Don't forget the changes next week and the week after for Christmas and New Year.

A14 meeting POSTPONED due to snow

A quick notice: the A14 meeting that we reported was due to be held today in Orchard Park has been postponed due to the weather conditions.

We'll let you know when it is rescheduled.

Brrr...

Christmas and New Year Bin Collections 2009 (and snow)

Just in case you missed it and were not aware here are the timings for Christmas and New Year bin collections;

NOTE: Unless your bin collection is on a Friday you will not notice any changes.

For those with a usual collection day of Friday the collection on the 25th December will instead be done on the 28th (Monday) and the collection on 1st January will instead be collected on the 2nd (Tuesday).

If there are problems with snow this year keep an eye on the City Council website for up to date information or call the help desk on 01223 457000 or by email.

Orchard Park host A14 widening meeting

Our near neighbours over King's Hedges Road are holding an open meeting to consider the impact of the proposals for widening the A14 and help form Orchard Park Community Council's response.

I've checked and they are happy for King's Hedges residents to attend if they have views on the proposals.

It is at 4pm on Friday 18th December at the Orchard Park Community Centre.

The widening of the road will have major impact on the air quality, noise levels and congestion levels in the vicinity of the A14 itself, but also on the arterial roads and city centre.

You can (of course) also contact us about this issue as well. and we will feed that into our response and the City Council's response.

Planning app in Augustus Close

Been a little while since we've had a planning application in the ward, but this week's list includes an application for building an "additional storey to existing two storey building" at 19 Augustus Close.

The application reference is 09/1072/FUL, and more details can be obtained from the planning department in the usual ways (see the development control webpage for more info).

For the sake of openness I should probably observe that 19 Augustus Close is the address of our County Councillor Andy Pellew.