LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON ST. HELIER, THE WRYTHE AND WANDLE VALLEY LOCAL COMMITTEE Tuesday, 10th February, 2009 at 7.00 pm Muschamp Primary School, Muschamp Road, Carshalton There will be a consultation exhibition regarding local neighbourhood recycling centres throughout the meeting. To all members of the St. Helier, The Wrythe and Wandle Valley Local Committee:- Chair: Councillor Dave Callaghan Vice-Chair Councillor Paddy Kane Councillors: Sheila Andrews, Margaret Court, John Drage, Colin Stears, Sue Stears, David Theobald and Roger Thistle Community Jean Crossby (Circle Residents Association), Judy McDaid Representatives – (Durand Close Residents' Association) and Patrick Murphy (Four non voting Square Group) Paul Martin Chief Executive Civic Offices St Nicholas Way SUTTON SM1 1EA 30 January 2009 This meeting will be recorded so that the recording can be made available to the public on the Council’s website www.sutton.gov.uk Enquiries to: Angela Guest, Area Co-ordinator, Tel: 020 8770 5122, Email: [email protected] Copies of reports are available in large print on request Reminder – Declaration of Interests Members should consider the following interests and whether they have any they should declare. Personal interests : Where it might reasonably be regarded that a matter will affect the well-being or financial position of you, a member of your family, any person with whom you have a close association, or any person or body with which you or they are involved or in which they have a relevant beneficial interest, to a greater extent than the majority of people affected by the decision. In this case you should declare the interest and state the nature of it. Personal and Prejudicial Interests : Where a personal interest is thought to be so significant that a member of the public, with knowledge of the facts, would consider it likely to prejudice the member’s judgment of the public interest. In this case you should declare the interest, state the nature of it, and leave the meeting room. Further information can be found in the Council's Code of Conduct. If you are in any doubt as to whether you have an interest you should seek advice before the Committee meeting from either Richard Shortman or Stephen Lawrence. If, during the course of the Committee meeting, you consider you may have an interest you should always declare it. Involvement of Public in Local Committees Local committees are intended to be inclusive and involve local residents and stakeholders. Anyone resident in the area is welcome to attend their local committee - dates and venues will be published on the Council's website (www.sutton.gov.uk) and on borough notice boards. The Chair shall have discretion to invite comments from members of the public on specific items while they are being discussed. Residents may also request the right to raise issues, not on the agenda, at the Chair’s discretion. AGENDA 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND INTRODUCTIONS 2. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING (Pages 1 - 6) Minutes of the meeting held on 9 December 2008. 3. PETITION - TRAFFIC CALMING IN NIGHTINGALE ROAD (Pages 7 - 14) A petition of more than 50 signatures has been received regarding traffic speed in Nightingale Road: The petition reads: “We, the undersigned, call on the police and the council to take action to reduce traffic speeds in Nightingale Road, Carshalton before there are any further serious accidents and to improve conditions for residents of the road and adjacent areas.” Mr Youell or a representative will be given 4 minutes in which to present this petition. Report of the Executive Head Planning, Transport and Highways is attached. Indicative time 20 minutes 4. WANDLE GATING PROJECT (Pages 15 - 18) Report from the Head of Planning, Transport and Highways. Indicative time 15 minutes 5. SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAMS - UPDATE There will be a verbal update on local Safer Neighbourhood Teams. Indicative time 15 minutes 6. ST HELIER ESTATE - BOX BATHROOMS Further to minute 1049/08 Andrew Chalk, Head of Project Delivery – Sutton Housing Partnership will be attending the meeting to explain the project and answer questions. Indicative time 15 minutes 7. THORNTON ROAD CROSSING A verbal report will be given by an officer. Indicative time 20 minutes 8. MIDDLETON ROAD - HEAVY VEHICLE USE Further to minute 871/08 in which a vehicle count was requested a verbal report will be given. Indicative time 15 minutes 9. DRAFT HACKBRIDGE MASTERPLAN FOR CONSULTATION (Pages 19 - 22) Report of the Executive Head Planning, Transport and Highways. Indicative time 10 minutes 10. CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONTROL POLICIES AND SITES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. (Pages 23 - 26) Report of the Executive Head Planning, Transport and Highways. Indicative time 5 minutes 11. GRANT FUNDING FOR TRANSPORT SCHEMES 2009/2010 (LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN) (Pages 27 - 42) Report of the Traffic and Highways Manager. Indicative time 10 minutes 12. ANY URGENT BUSINESS BROUGHT FORWARD AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CHAIR a) Camera for Tweeddale Road This item was requested by Councillor Paddy Kane. It is proposed that the Safer Sutton Partnership (SSP) are requested to install a camera in Tweeddale Road for 6 to 8 weeks as vehicles are routinely driving the wrong way up the one-way section. The committee are recommended to note this proposal and to request that the Area Co-ordinator seeks the view of SSP and to have an agenda item to the next meeting. FURTHER REPORTS FOR INFORMATION 13. SUTTON TOWN CENTRE AREA ACTION PLAN: PREFERRED OPTIONS CONSULTATION 15 APRIL - 26 MAY 2009 This Preferred Options document sets out a bold new vision for shopping, leisure facilities, additional homes and office space to meet business needs. Plans to create a cultural ‘hub’ in a new Civic Quarter and major development at Sutton Station are also proposed. Documents will be available on seats for you to take away. 14. DRAFT WORKPLAN (Pages 43 - 44) 15. DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 7 April, 7pm at Muschamp Primary School. This page is intentionally left blank Page 1 Agenda Item 2 St. Helier, The Wrythe and Wandle Valley Local Committee 9 December 2008 ST. HELIER, THE WRYTHE AND WANDLE VALLEY LOCAL COMMITTEE 9 December 2008 at 7.00 pm MEMBERS: Councillor Dave Callaghan (Chair), Councillor Paddy Kane (Vice- Chair) and Councillors Sheila Andrews, Margaret Court, John Drage, Colin Stears, Sue Stears and Roger Thistle SPECIAL Jean Crossby (Circle Residents Association) ADVISORS: ABSENT: Councillor David Theobald 1042. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND INTRODUCTIONS The Chair gave a warm thank you to Jo Ashby, teacher, and the children from the Muschamp School Choir for their entertainment prior to the start of the meeting. The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced committee members, community representatives and officers to the audience. Apologies were received from Councillor David Theobald. Apologies for lateness were received from Councillor Colin Stears who attended just after the start of item three on the agenda. Apologies were also received from Dave Lunn and from Inspector Derek Fleeman, Metropolitan Police. The Chair announced that the River Wandle and St Helier Open Space needed help to receive up to £400,000 from the Mayor of London. Ten grants will be given to London's most popular parks in need to make them cleaner, safer, greener, and nicer places to visit. In total there were 47 parks in the running for the prize, one of which is our own River Wandle in St Helier. Leaflets were given out and all were encouraged to have their vote. 1043. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING The Minutes of the meeting held on 14 October 2008 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair. Further to Minute 863/08 the Chair announced that Transport for London had agreed £50k to fund a pedestrian crossing at Thornton Road. This would be discussed at the next meeting of this committee on 10 February 2009. 1044. FUTURE HEALTH PROVISION - INCLUDING ST HELIER HOSPITAL Stephen Waring, Programme Director for Better Health Care Closer to Home (BHCH), Andrew Grimes, Project Manager for Sutton was also in attendance. Stephen Waring tabled a slide presentation and discussed Better Health Care Closer to Home and upgrading services which involved three main components. • Upgrading St Helier Hospital to improve services • Developing four new health centres – two in Sutton and two in Merton • Increasing intermediate care to reduce hospitalisation. It was reported that there would be £215 Million invested in the overall programme including St Helier Hospital’s development (c. £140 million) which included an urgent care centre dealing with minor injuries, intermediate and post operative care. A full Accident and Emergency service would continue at St Helier. One of 1005 Agenda Item 2 Page 2 St. Helier, The Wrythe and Wandle Valley Local Committee 9 December 2008 the four new health centres would be based at Shotfield Health Centre. A temporary clinic would be set up in Mint House, to provide decanting space for services whilst Shotfield was being developed. The new health centre at Shotfield would be the first centre to be completed and would deal with minor injuries, minor procedures and also provide facilities for blood tests, ECGs, X-rays, community therapists and dentistry. The centre would be open for 12 hours per day and five days a week. Work on this facility should be complete in about 2 years time. There would be voluntary sector support and community mental health care available at the new health clinics, which would deal with up to 50% of outpatients services and would be more accessible which would be a great improvement for the residents of the borough. There was a proposal to demolish Ferguson House at St Helier Hospital to provide a new facility, which would house services such as a major new ward block and outpatient consulting rooms and other services such as coronary care, physiotherapy, cardiac rehabilitation, occupational therapy, pharmacy and the League of Friends.