Together we can make FEBRUARY 2018 a local change Your Local Voice on the Council Delivered Every Month by the Residents Association of Emerson Park - Part of the Havering Residents Association Thank you Berther Road Restaurant To all our supporters, deliverers and distributers that have helped us grow to Expansion become the only Emerson Park Residents Association that brings you monthly local news updates with the Bulletin, a dedicated We were alerted to yet another attempt to expand an already too large restaurant Facebook page covering only the Emerson with the planning application to convert the first floor to include a wine bar and Park area and access to the Emerson Park additional dinning. This could mean 200 plus dinners with still only a possible Team to help resolve local issues and queries you may have with the Council – Laurance but doubtful 12 parking spaces not including any allowance for the 20 staff to park. Our Facebook Page A full objection has been raised by your Emerson Park Team together with a For those of you familiar with Social Media request to EPAGRA for their support and letters and emails from residents in the we have now launched our own Residents road who will undoubtedly be most affected by the increased parking, late night Association of Emerson Park Facebook page, anti social behaviour and cooking smells from the inadequate filtration system. please feel free to look us up, like and join our page where we will keep you even more We hope the planning department will agree to stop this inappropriate proposal updated than our regular monthly Bulletin - in a residential area – Laurance David Oversized Garden Buildings The Residents Last year we came to the aid of a local resident who was rather concerned with Association of the proposed swimming pool complex that her neighbour had hoped to build in his garden adjacent to her garden. An objection was made on the basis that Emerson Park not only was the construction vastly out of proportion to the garden area but also due to a slope in the ground could cause a landslip with the weight of the water in the pool. Fortunately, the planning department agreed and the proposal was refused Laurance Garrard but we now learn that an appeal has been raised against the refusal. Once again, we are in the hands of a decision from someone in a different part of the country potentially overruling local common sense – John Our Next Meeting Our next open meeting will be at Nelmes United Reform Church on the corner David Godwin of Nelmes Road and Burntwood Road on Wednesday 28th February at 8pm. John Stone Email: [email protected] All Welcome. Telephone: 07973 856195. feasibility study looked at ways of Police Report reducing accidents and Watch your Titanic Docking at recommended safety Pleased to report from local Speed Havering Museum improvements. Traffic surveys Emerson Park Police team. A showed that two -way traffic flows We have heard from local PC Ed 2018 will be a special year for combination of Undercover are up to 1500 vehicles per hour Zoltan of the Emerson Park Safer Havering Museum, as they are and uniformed patrols has during peak periods along Butts Neighbourhood Team that their bringing the national Titanic: seen a reduce number of Honour & Glory exhibition to Green Road between Speed Gun has recently been burglaries, and Emerson Havering. The exhibition will Parkstone Avenue and Hillview calibrated and he has been put Park Ward has by far the be launched on 7 April and will Avenue. Council Officers found forward for a Speed Gun training lowest number of burglaries run until 1 September 2018 and that many vehicles exceed the 30 course. Your local police team will include artefacts from the in Havering, and one of the mph speed limit and felt this to will focus on reducing driving Titanic, sister ship and film props Lowest in London. Be on your be undesirable and a contributory offences such as Speeding. May in addition to local stories. Four guard and keep your eyes factor to accidents. The Councils we urge you to “Watch your local businesses are sponsoring peeled. this exhibition, Mullis & Peake Highways Advisory Committee Speed “when driving… LLP, Kingston Smith LLP, last month agreed the following in Clemence Hoar Cummings and Butts Green Emerson Park Ward: Havering Commerce and Industry Butts Green Road / Slewins Elections 2018 (HCCI). Road Lane Junction -Mini roundabout Do you have a Connect to the We are delighted to inform alteration with kerb build out. Titanic or an Artefact? Ellen Following Transport for you that we will be contesting Butts Green Road by south of Owen, Director of the Museum London approving funding a all three seats for Havering is seeking local people who may Wykeham Avenue-Humped number of “Accident Reduction Council for Emerson Park have a connection to the Titanic, Zebra Crossing. Programmes” are planned as part Ward in this May’s local as the exhibition will include Butts Green Road by Hillview of the 2017/18 Havering Borough elections. stories from local people. Two Avenue and Berther Road- Titanic reminiscences have Spending Plan settlement. Butts At the last local elections Humped Zebra Crossing and already taken place but the Green Road and North Street in 2014 we missed out by a Junction speed table. Museum would like more people Accident Programme was one handful of votes. If you would like a copy of the to contact them if they have a of the schemes approved. A Other areas have local story they would like to share. report that went to the Highways feasibility study has been carried Residents Association Contact Ellen Owen on 01708 Committee with maps etc drop us out to identify accident remedial Councillors why not Emerson 766571 or email hmmarketing@ a line at [email protected] measures in the area. The Park Ward. btconnect.com. Tel: 01708 229857 Mobile: 07415 096551 / 07860 801377 2 really appreciated by all the local matinee. Bye – Bye Broom residents. Steve’s dedication and Guildonian commitment to his job has been The Little Theatre, Methodist Its farewell to Harold Wood’s Players outstanding and will be greatly Church, The Drive, Harold Wood street sweeper Steve. Local missed. The next production is Night Must RM3 0DU. councillor Brian Eagling wished Havering council are introducing Fall, psychological thriller by Steve Young our local road Tickets are £8 – Box Office 01708 a new system whereby the Emlyn Williams. sweeper all the very best for 782118. shopping area will now be swept the future and thanked him on using mechanical sweepers six Dan, a bellboy, arrives at the behalf of the residents of Harold Bramson bungalow, soon after www.facebook.com/ days a week rather than the Wood for all the hard work the disappearance of a woman TheGuildonianPlayers current five days. Steve is being and dedication he has given to from his hotel. Has she been redeployed within this new Harold Wood over the years in murdered? Could he be the system, though he is still unaware keeping our pavements clean murderer? He skilfully insinuates Watch Your at this stage what area he will himself into the old lady’s and tidy. Steve, has worked as actually be assigned to. affections while attempting to Speed a road sweeper for the last 10 The Residents’ Association wish seduce her suspicious niece. But years and has been sweeping Steve, all the very best for the will she be fatally attracted to May we remind you to watch your the streets in Harold Wood now future and hope that his new him? Night must fall... speed when driving locally. Police since 2012. Steve is very popular assignment will be rewarding Officers from the local Safety and well known in the area and is for him. Who knows, we may Performances are Wednesday Neighbourhood Teams do make 14th to Saturday 17th March 2018 possibly see him once again random checks. Please be careful. at 8pm, plus 2.30pm Saturday in Harold Wood applying his unselfish dedication to his work in keeping our pavements clean. We shall also be keeping an eye on these mechanical sweepers to see if they do just a good job as Steve does! 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For further information on Marriage Replaced please call 01708 432787 [opton2/ The Havering Concert Orchestra Allowance option1] where an officer will be are looking forward to presenting on hand to deal with any queries Following the recent failures of an afternoon concert of “Timeless In these times of austerity, it is several Pay & Display machines quite surprising that half of all The general guidance if any English Classics” on Sunday 18th in the area, the Council have March 2018. couples entitled to the married tax decided to take the following steps machine is out of order is that allowance are missing out on £230 users should see if there is another in order to deal with the issue and per year.