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Spring 2020 YOUR DARWIN NEWS UPDATES
From Councillor Scoates. "I like to keep in regular contact with local residents. I value discussing local issues with people who are involved or affected by them." "I'm very pleased to have been places of interest in the Village invited to Residents’ Meeting at and local areas. Downe, Cudham, Blackness • The Permit Parking scheme Lane and Beechwood estate. introduced on the Beechwood The updates I get from these Estate has concluded meetings raise issues that I try satisfactorily and residents are my best to resolve. The many happy with the current Residents’ Associations are a arrangements. great conduit for issues that are not raised with me personally. • The over-flow car park for Christmas Tree Farm has now • There’s good news for been made official. The car Downe Village. Along with park has proven to reduce funds raised by the Downe parking problems surrounding Residents’ Association, Bromley the Farm during busy times. Council have agreed to fund an Christmas Tree Farm have also ‘Information Board’ to be allowed it to be used for erected in the centre of the community events and is very Village. This will point out much run for the Village." Darwin Ward Councillor, Richard Scoates
CRIME-FIGHTING HOUSING AND YOUTH WORKER PLANNING Crime across London is on the rise. In Since his election in 2010, Councillor fact, knife crime is the highest it’s been in Richard Scoates has worked tirelessly to 11 years. It has risen by 39%. That’s 4500 protect our environment and our precious more offences since Sadiq Khan became Green Belt land Mayor. We can’t afford another 4 years of Richard says "I am concerned that if the no action. We need a Mayor who will Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is prioritise tackling violence in London. actively encouraging development in ‘back Shaun Bailey has worked as a youth gardens and green open spaces’, gets his worker for over 20 years. And knows the way and more than doubles our housing direct impact that crime has on our Conservative Candidate for Mayor of target to 1,424 units per year, it will put communities. London unbearable pressure on the greenbelt. Shaun Bailey comments: “We need to get Stations, and introduce Burglary Flying This is very worrying. I will continue to control in London. We need more police, a squads to get a grip of the rising burglaries. scrutinise and help stop inappropriate zero-tolerance approach, and to get knives I have the experience, expertise and the developments in the greenbelt, and off our streets. I’ll re-open local Police plan to tackle crime in London.” campaign to stop our housing targets being increased any further." Caring and Campaigning for our Community Find out more at conservatives.com News from Darwin Conservatives
BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT My position has not changed of local residents. as far as the expansion of A retrospective application Biggin Hill Airport is made by Biggin Hill Airport to concerned, I continue to be site noise monitoring equipment completely against it. in land behind Downe Road, I voted against the extended Keston has been deferred so hours because I firmly believed that the other locations can be that Bromley Council should found thatt is not right next to have upheld the terms of the local resident’s fences. The existing lease.. Whilst I fully noise from the wind turbine to understand the importance of generate the equipment’s Biggin Hill Airport as a local energy causes a nuisance and employer, my priority, as local should have been discussed councillor, is to prevent any with residents via the planning unwelcome intrusion to the lives process before being built. Caption for photo
THANK YOU FROM COMMITTEE GARETH BACON MP APPOINTMENTS I want to thank you for electing me to Richard currently serve on the following; be your voice in the House of Commons, and I promise to serve you to the best of Currently serving on the following my ability in the years to come. committees: In a matter of weeks, we have delivered - Development Control Committee - Vice on our promises: we have left the Chair European Union; enshrined in law the - Plans Sub-Committee No. 2 largest and longest cash injection into the NHS; delivered the largest funding boost - Plans Sub-Committee No. 4 - Chair to policing across the country. - Rights of Way Sub- Committee I have also begun my work to deliver on - Biggin Hill Airport - Consultative Orpington’s local priorities: boosting Committee policing to tackle crime and reassure - Thomas Stringer Charity - Cudham residents, protecting outer London’s precious green belt, and ensuring local CARBON NEUTRAL 2029 businesses continue to thrive. Gareth Bacon MP was elected with the Bromley Council has set in motion plans For more, visit www.garethbacon.com highest ever majority in Orpington. to be carbon neutral by 2029. Great news!
YOUR CONSERVATIVE TEAM FOR DARWIN Mrs Linda Hewitt 6 Sevenoaks Road, Orpington BR6 9JJ 01689 820347 [email protected]
Cllr Richard Scoates A new planning application has been 6 Sevenoaks Road, submitted regarding Archies Stables in Cudham Lane. If you wish to view the Orpington new plans, or submit a comment, then BR6 9JJ please go onto the Council’s portal - 01689 820347 searchapplications.bromley.gov.uk/ [email protected] online-applications/
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