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WE OPPOSE THE INCREASE ON DECEMBER 2019 PARKING CHARGES email: [email protected] The Voice of the Community www.ucra.co.uk UPMINSTER & CRANHAM RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Cranham Brickfields Dwellings Proposal Seasons Greetings to you all, and a very big thank you once more to all our Bulletin readers, deliverers and subscription Havering Council have received Planning application P1687.19 for the Development collectors. I would also like to welcome all those who have of up to 98 dwellings with associated joined the Residents’ Association in 2019, This year, again, we landscaping, open space and infrastructure, have supported various local organisations and charities, who with vehicular access from Kerry Drive; have benefited from the Association’s financial donations, and behind Heron Way, next to Cranham this is a result of your generosity. Also, the Association would Brickfields. Cranham Ward Councillors published a special leaflet to local residents like to thank all of the residents, who have been involved in and held a public meeting to discuss the the Support Our Shops campaign, and it was was great to see application and gave advice to residents who so many of you at various locations, including the Town Hall, voicing your wish to submit comments. You can view concerns with regards to the increased parking charges and withdrawal full details of the application and submit of the 30 minutes free parking in Upminster. Your Residents’ Association comments at: havering.gov.uk/planning Councillors are committed to serve the residents of Upminster and Cranham, quoting P1687.19. and will continue to do so next year and thereafter. Once again, thank you for Alternatively, your continued support and have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. you can post Councillor CHRIS WILKINS - Chairman comments to Planning Department, Free Weekend Parking In Council Car Mercury House, Parks For Christmas (30th November to 5th January) Mercury Gardens, Havering Council has announced that there will be free weekend parking in all Romford RM14 1SR. council car parks from Saturday 30 November until Sunday 05 January, to help boost festive shopping. This will only be available in council car parks and does Parking Review Survey not include on-street parking. In last months Bulletin we pointed out that The Upminster and Cranham Residents’ Association welcome this move, our campaign to “ Save Our Shops “ where the Conservative administration took away the 30 as it was previously proposed by us and rejected at that time by the current minutes free parking period and raised parking Administration. However, this does nothing to change the fact that we charges. We also pointed out that the Council were urgently need to bring back the free 30-minute parking that was removed from holding a consultation on which we believed was an attempt to introduce “residents and visitors Upminster and Hornchurch town centres in June this year and continues to parking permits “ which were overwhelming severely effect our shops and businesses. rejected several years ago following a very wide The Residents’ Association campaign to bring back the free parking and review consultation. We received a number of concerned comments on this so called consultation. other parking charges will continue. One major concern was that the survey did not ask Cllrs LINDA HAWTHORN, RON OWER, CHRIS WILKINS, GILLIAN FORD for comments on the loss of the free 30 minutes LINDA VAN DEN HENDE, JOHN TYLER period ! continued on page 2 01277 375237 Upminster & Cranham Edition 07956 950711 residents and their concerns instead We Are FSTVL of penalising them and the local Hospital Parking Christmas Float Residents Meeting businesses who make Upminster what There has been considerable publicity Routes 2019 it is.” over parking fees at Hospitals. The next residents meeting to discuss The Councils parking review was due Please note at King George and Havering East Rotary Club, with the the next We Are FSTVL is on Tuesday to finish on the 22nd November. Queen’s hospitals £2,703.817 for help of Upminster 41 Club, will once 3rd December, 7pm at Hurford Hall We are very concerned on how the year 2018/19 was collected. The again be bringing joy to young and old (behind Upminster Library) businesses in our Town Centre are Barking, Havering and Redbridge in Upminster and Cranham. Monies St. Laurence Church, Corbets Tey suffering and we will keep you up to Hospital Trust collected as follows: raised during this period will be date on this. £1,881,149 from patients and £822,668 donated to local charities such as First Road, Upminster, RM14 2BB. Step, St Francis Hospice, Dycourts from staff. In a press report “hospital School and Riding for Disabled. Subscriptions bosses said the money was spent on Wed 11th Dec: Little Gaynes, Grove, Parking Review hospital improvements.” Parklands, Huntsman area Survey (continued from front) We have tried to reach a record Thu12th Dec: Deyncourt, Courtenay, number of homes this year. Tasty Bites Grosvenor, Marlborough, area This is typical of comments we If we were unable to get to you and Fri 13th Dec: Springfield Gdns, received: left an envelope please return it to us. Upminster’s first Indian, Indonesian Argyle, Ashleigh, Roxburgh area “I have just completed your online Subscriptions per household are still and Vegetarian Take away in Corbets Sun 15th Dec: Moor Ln, Heron Way, survey but wanted to point out that only £2 per year. We need to raise Tey Road wish everybody a Merry Swan, Limerick Gns area the questions asked seemed to be funds to assist you our community. Christmas & Happy New Year to all Mon 16th Dec:, Waldegrave, Engayne, heavily in the council’s favour to bring A warm welcome to new members. their customers. They will be giving Spenser, Masefield, River Dv area in more parking restrictions without a 10% discount for all orders over Wed 18th Dec: Moor Ln, Queens, allowing for any additional comments £15 when mentioning the Bulletin! Cranham Gdns, Roseberry Gdns area from residents. Whilst the parking Windmill Quiz Please see their Ad on the front page Thu 19th Dec: Chester, Peterborough, restrictions in my street are adequate, The windmill’s annual quiz night will for contact details . The staff are very Winchester, Rectory Gdns area parking in Upminster high street or take place on Sat 29th Feb, 2020, it’s happy to give advice on their dishes. Fri 20th Dec: Park Drive, Cranston car parks is excessively priced to the a leap year. Trinity URC Church in Park, Melstock Coniston area detriment of local businesses. Why the main hall in Corbets Tye Road. Christingle Sun 22rd Dec: Gaynes Pk, Sycamore, are you not helping them instead 7.30pm start, tables of 8, bring your Beech, Oak, Elm, Southview Dv area of putting off customers who either own food and drink. This is always a Celebrate Christingle at St Laurence Tues 24th Dec: Severn Drive, Fleet, do not want to or cannot afford the popular event, so please book early. Church, Upminster, RM14 2BB on Isis, Stour, Humber area* parking costs on a regular basis. Contact Cllr Linda Hawthorn on Sunday 8th December at 4pm. Join us *Float starts 4.00 pm on Sundays/ With the cost of our council tax rising [email protected], or on and help give young people a brighter Xmas Eve, otherwise 6.15pm More information on our Facebook yearly, some of this should be used 01708 225451. All profits to go to our future by raising funds and awareness to subsidise parking. It would be https://www.facebook.com/Havering- restored windmill. for The Children’s Society. Call 01708 East-Rotary-Club- 156893341092632/ nice for the council to listen to their 220696 for more information. Cllr LINDA HAWTHORN or on www.haveringeastrotary.org continued on page 3 Tel: 01708 229857 Mobile: 07415 096551 / 07860 801377 2 These regulations state that if a driver 10.30pm at Windmill Hall Upminster. Don’t be an is asked to turn their engine off by an Like To Dance Couples or singles welcome. authorised officer and refuses, they Tea and biscuits will be provided. Engine Idler! can be issued with a Fixed Penalty Why not join us for a social night For more information please call Josie Notice. of ballroom, Latin and sequence or Peter on 01708 227757. Many lives are shortened each year by Please give consideration to those dancing every Monday from 8.00pm – exposure to vehicle fumes in London. around you and don’t be an engine Locally, our air quality is generally idler! better than inner city areas but we all Cllr JOHN TYLER still need to do our bit to make sure that we have the cleanest air possible. As councillors, we regularly have C2C complaints of drivers outside schools and stationary taxis and mini- Pleased to inform you that the local C2C cabs leaving their engines running Rail service ie. Upminster to Fenchurch unnecessarily, often for long periods. Street came out again top with their service By turning off the engine when levels. Figures released in September stationary, it will help: showed the best performing rail company • Reduce pollution – turning off was C2C with 83.2 per cent of trains arriving within a minute. and restarting an engine causes less In addition to this Upminster Station pollution than keeping the engine has seen vast improvements to the running. booking office area etc. Older rail users • Protect health – turning off the will remember our campaign to have engine can help to reduce asthma, the side entrance onto Station Approach heart disease and lung cancer. permanently open and to have it’s own • Protect yourself – Pollution levels booking hall.