Maylands Fields Application Rejected
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We remain independent APRIL 2015 of all political parties THE BULLETIN The Voice of the Community Delivered by the Residents’ Association Harold Hill Foodbank Maylands Fields Your local Harold Wood Ward Councillors were delighted to hear that Havering Council has awarded the Harold Hill Foodbank an Application Rejected extra £10,000 to support the work that they are doing in these difficult times. They do a We would like to inform local residents that the planning application for a wonderful job helping those people in need cemetery on Maylands Fields’ Harold Park was unanimously rejected by the by providing essential food to those families Regulatory Services Committee last month. There were a large number of that are struggling. objections from local residents who did not want a cemetery on Green Belt Cllrs BRIAN EAGLING, DARREN WISE, land. Speeches for and against the planning application were made from both ALEX DONALD local residents, Councillors and representatives of the planning application. We will continue to monitor and update you with any further developments on this. News Flash I am pleased to announce that the Planning Apllication for number 1 Ethelburga Road to convert to 9 bedsits sharing a kitchen was rejected at the Planning Committee on 12th March. I would like to thank Councillor Brian Eagling for his speech against this application. Cllr DARREN WISE Appeal for Telephone Befrienders Cllrs ALEX DONALD, BRIAN EAGLING, DARREN WISE Tapestry (previously Age Concern Havering) runs a telephone befriending service which Budget Set for 2015/16 aims to reduce an older person’s feelings of Against a backdrop of unprecedented budget cuts, the budget and Council Tax for 2015/16 was loneliness and isolation by providing a regular agreed last month. 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St. Potholes Business Peter’s Your Residents’ Association Networking Barge sits in Councillors have been reporting a the dock number of potholes in the area. NEW BUSINESS NETWORKING Our thanks should go to the GROUP FOR UPMINSTER & near West Council’s StreetCare for repairing India Quay HORNCHURCH these. A new business networking group in the There were a number of real nasty has been launched in the area middle of potholes in Wingletye Lane and making it the 11th group in Essex Canary especially on the Rail bridgen i Wingletye Lane. operated by Effective Business Wharf. Its Network (ebn). Laurance Garrard, mission is to minister to those ebn is a networking company that Emerson Park Ward Team I am pleased to highl-ight that the who work, study or live in encourages businesses to meet Council has removed the grass London, with a particular focus regularly to create an opportunity verges and installed hard on the Docklands community. for business knowledge to be standing areas in Harlesden We look forward to welcoming Superfast shared and for members to build Close. This is very welcome and the Rev’d. Marcus Nodder, St. Broadband relationships, so that they feel we shall be urging the Council to Peter’s Barge’s Senior Pastor, as confident in recommending do similar works in other roads our guest speaker. where the roads are quite narrow. If you are a small or medium people around the table to their Men! We would love to welcome enterprise (SME) in Havering, you friends and business associates. Cllr DARREN WISE you to this lunch. Meet up with can apply for a voucher of up to It is very friendly and informal friends old and new, and enjoy £3,000 to access a superfast with no pressure placed on listening to Marcus as he tells us broadband connection. This members to make referrals. St. Peter’s Men’s money has come from the We meet at 8am at the Manor about his Christian faith and work Department for Culture, Media in the Docklands area. Please Hotel, Berwick Pond Road and Lunch and Sport’s £150m ‘Super start off talking over tea and reserve your lunch place by Connected Cities’ project. For TUESDAY, 14th APRIL from coffee until about 8.15 where we telephoning St. Peter’s Welcome more information, visit sit at the table and there is an 11.30am in St. Peter’s Church Desk on 01708 342080, or email: www.havering.gov.uk/fasterbroad introduction to the meeting.