St Peters and North Laine Ward News from your Green councillors

Spring 2006: News for residents in the St Peters, Round Hill, London Road, North Laine, West Hill & Seven Dials areas What matters to you? Your local councillors are here to help

European Neighbours’ Day 29 May 2006 Read more on page 2

Your local Green councillors at the CityClean refuse depot Viaduct Road area (l-r): Simon Williams, Sue Paskins and Keith Taylor parking New waste depot application Read more on page 3 fresh application for a Details are available on the Council ‘Materials Recycling website at http://www.brighton- A Facility and Waste hove.gov.uk or at the Environment Transfer Station’ at Advice Centres at Hove Town Hall, Hollingdean Depot near and Bartholomew Square, Brighton. Ditchling Road has been sub- This application is regarded as a new mitted by waste company proposal, and letters and comments TETRA Mast removed Veolia (formerly Onyx previously made on the original from Theobald House Southdown) to the Council application will not be considered. flats after pressure (Planning no. BH2006/00900). If you want your views taken into from local councillors Although the new application is account on the new proposal please Read more on page 3 approximately the same building size write to: Maria Seale, Major And more... as the original plans, there has been Projects Officer, Brighton & a reduction in the planned waste Hove City Council, Hove Town output from 180,000 to 160,000 Hall, Norton Rd, Hove, BN34AH. Produced on recycled paper tonnes. European Neighbours’ Day: 29 May Join the street party and get to know your neighbours

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D£160,000 secured for improvements to the Level park

D£12,000 Community European Neighbours’ Day will be celebrated on Monday 29 May Development grant obtained funding for consideration of a ere's your chance to get Networks, Friends of the Parks residents’ parking scheme to know your neigh- groups and community associations. Hbours better and have a Local community development DCampaigned for crossing good time. workers will provide support to safety improvements at St groups across the city. Peters Church to improve Come to the party on May 29 (the safety at a dangerous junction Spring Bank Holiday) when Brighton Having a good time apart, the aim of Facelift for New and Hove city joins more than 4.5 the day is to: million people in 16 countries to cel- Road ebrate European Neighbours’ Day. ew Road, in the * Encourage neighbour heart of Brighton, Now in its seventh year, European good relations Nwill be the subject Neighbours’ Day brings residents * Bring communities of a world-class makeover. together with their neighbours to together A scheme has been drawn organise their own street parties, * Help build a safer city up that will make the street house and garden parties and 'bring a dish events'. It all started with one more attractive and provide street party in Paris in 1999. For more information better facilities for contact Donna Edmund at the pedestrians. This year parties will be held in Council on 01273 296821 nearly 400 cities across Europe. Website: The plans combine the The day will be co-ordinated by the www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ expertise of a design team city council, working in partnership europeanneighboursday: led by the UK's Landscape with community and voluntary Projects and Denmark's groups, such as the Neighbourhood Gehl Architects with the Community group launched for Lewes Road knowledge and experience of residents, stakeholders An exciting new community group is making a real impact to life in the city and interest groups. centre. Community activists in the Lewes Road area have launched The Triangle Community Group to look after the interests of residents in the The area boasts theatres, area. The area is bounded by Union Road (The Level), Upper Lewes Road, bars, a café, shops, a muse- Lewes Rd and the Sainsbury's Superstore gyratory. Local councillors um, church, gardens, restau- organised a survey of community needs and aspirations and so enabled a rants and the Royal Pavilion Council Community Development Grant to help the fledgling group get itself, alongside a vibrant res- started. Please see contact details on back page. idential area. Theobald House flats Action TETRA mobile mast removed citywide by Green councillors esidents in a high rise block of flats are celebrating the removal of the DSecured £1m for a RTetra mast on top of their building, high speed seafront bus which was installed without permission by O2 Airwaves in May 2004. Ward council- service lors were contacted by residents in DInitiated parking Theobald House in Blackman Street, who discounts for low complained of disrupted sleep, known to be emission vehicles a symptom of the 'pulsing' radiation of TETRA masts. The council started legal DIntroduced council action to remove the mast.TETRA is the garden waste collections new emergency service communication sys- TETRA Masts: DSupported introduc- tem, and uses low radio frequency to trans- doubts about safety tion of new children’s mit data.The operators are likely to seek remain another city centre site. centres Viaduct Road area: residents’ DWorked with local parking consultation launched police to help prevent under-age drinking DWorked with community and council to help combat graffiti DAdvocated consultation on changes to school admissions policy fter pressure from residents over parking problems in DHelping people on: the residential areas bounded by Viaduct Road, *housing ABeaconsfield Rd, Lewes Rd, Union Road and the Round Hill area, the council has agreed to consult on whether a resi- *education dents’ parking zone should be introduced. The consultation will *benefits be starting within the next two months. A controlled parking *rubbish collections zone will be introduced if there is widespread support for it. Watch out for councillor-organised public meetings. *recycling *street lighting For more information please contact: Charles Field, *pavements Senior Traffic Engineer, Brighton & Hove City Council, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road Hove, BN3 4AH. *nuisance *neighbours Contact your local Some local Green city councillors community group contacts Councillor Sue Paskins If you would like to add your Tel:294 371 community group please let your E-mail: [email protected] councillors know Post: c/o Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS

Councillor Keith Taylor The North Laine Tel:291 165 Community Association E-mail: [email protected] Contact NLCA Secretary Sara Post: c/o Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS Bragg, 36 Tidy Street, tel: 681166 or Councillor Simon Williams visit the website: Tel:294 372 http://www.nlcaonline.org.uk/ E-mail: [email protected] email: Post: c/o Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS [email protected] Do you need The Round Hill Society assistance or c/o David Guest 16a Wakefield Rd, advice? Brighton website: Please fill in this form and send it to the St Peters & North Laine Cllrs c/o Kings House, http://www.roundhill.org.uk Grand Avenue, Hove, BN3 2LS e mail: Name:[email protected] Address:______The Triangle Area Tel:______Community Group E mail:______The area bounded by Upper Lewes Rd, Union Rd and Lewes Rd. c/o David Maslen Estate Agents, Now you can 39 Lewes Road, vote by post! Brighton BN2 3HQ Name______e mail: togetherletsmakethings [email protected] ______The West Hill Community Postcode______Association I would like a postal vote: please send back West Hill Hall, Compton Avenue, tel: to Electoral Services Brighton Town hall, 01273 327 976 (answer machine) or Bartholomews Square, Brighton BN1 1JA e mail: [email protected]