Luton Borough Council
Icknield
Ward Forums
Issues Raised
Reviewed GJR/18/10/12
ICKNIELD WARD FORUMS
Ref / Date of Forum / Issue / Solution / Who should be involved? / Referred to / Outcome1 / 12/1/11 / Parys Avenue
Garages – Broken doors. Entrance barrier required.
(Supporting pictures have been lodged with the Area Committee Support Officer) / LBC
Housing Department / Sarah Markham / A project is currently being undertaken to review all Housing‘s garage sites and to devise a strategy for their future use. This project is being led by Sue Doyle in Housing. The site at Parys Road is part of this review. This site has been identified as one of the priority garage sites for action. (Sarah Markham)
11/6/12 / Young people congregating in the open garages. This is a regular occurrence. Chatting and smoking, grave concerns as there are fly-tips in these garages and it’s an arson hazard. There is a small alleyway at the side of No: 2. Parys Road which is overgrown with weeds and often attracts groups of young people.It needs cutting back and that some strong weed killer would address the issue. / LBC
Housing Department / Sarah Markham
Sue Doyle / The Housing ASB team are aware of a group of youths causing ASB in this area, although not specifically in this garage site. We are working with the Corporate ASB Team as this includes non-Housing properties. Now we are aware of this issue, the work being carried out to resolve the problems with ASB have been extended to include the garage site.
In addition to this, Housing are looking at gating this garage site to improve its security.
The alleyway at the side of 2 Parys Road has been checked and this is Housing owned land. A request has gone to Parks for this to be cleared.
Sarah Markham 27/7/2012
17/10/13 / . / A gate has been on the site and now awaitng the installation of a light at the entrance / LBC
Housing Division
BTS / Innes Griggs / Housing has installed a gate on the site as a local project but there is no electricity to the garage site to enable a light to be installed. Supplying power to the site would be extremely difficult and very expensive, and may not even be possible as there is no local Housing supply
(Sarah Markham Area Housing Manager Feb 2014)
6/3/14 / The area has not been gated. / LBC
Housing Division / Sarah Markham / I am confused as I have been informed that the site has been secured under a panel project. I will ask the new GHO to visit again to clarify.
Sarah Markham
Area Housing Manager - North and East
Housing Service
Luton Borough Council
Tel: 01582 547276
ICKNIELD WARD FORUMS
Ref / Date of Forum / Issue / Solution / Who should be involved? / Referred to / Outcome2 / 11/6/12 / Outside Icknield High School
Anti-social behaviour has been highlighted and other more serious issues which have been passed on to the Area Boards Support Officer. / The Director of Children & Learning said that he would follow up this complaint with the Headteacher / Headteacher
Icknield High School
Martin Pratt
Corporate Director of Children & Learning / Martin Pratt / The Corporate Director of Children & Learning has corresponded with the Headteacher of the school. An invitation has been extended for Members to meet with him.
He would also be interested in specific details rather then anecdotal information of what is suggested to be taking place.
ICKNIELD WARD FORUMS
Ref / Date of Forum / Issue / Solution / Who should be involved? / Referred to / Outcome3 / 18/10/12 / Cycle Shop, Riddy Lane
LBC trying to remove the operator in order to re-let the premises for a Betting Shop.
New rent to Betting Shop! / LBC
Fixed Assets / Tracey Dunn / In principle negotiations with Cycle Shop now settled.
(T Dunn 26.2.13)
4 / 18/10/12 / Scout Groups
Two groups have rent issues as they are being increased from £250.00 to £8,000.
Do we really want two scout groups to fold? / LBC
Fixed Assets / Tracey Dunn / Negotiations ongoing.
(T Dunn 26.2.13)
5 / 18/10/12 / Barnfield College
New Bedford Road entrance. The area is littered with cigarette butts. / Enforcement action / LBC
Street Cleaning / Alex Greene / As above, this location is serviced by the cleansing division, but will require enforcement action to stop this anti social behaviour.
6 / 18/10/12 / Laburnum Grove
Parking issues. Yellow lines need to be installed and appropriate enforcement taken. / LBC
Highways & Engineering / Jonathan Palmer / This is included in the parking work schemes for 2013/14 which will be submitted to the Executive for approval in March.
(J Palmer 13/2/13)
ICKNIELD WARD FORUMS
Ref / Date of Forum / Issue / Solution / Who should be involved? / Referred to / Outcome7 / 11/6/13 / Riddy Lane/New Bedford Road / Markings now completed.
8 / 11/6/13 / Icknield Junior School
Parents who are dropping their children off at school in the morning and picking up in the afternoon are parking ont he grass verges and paths. / ® Can the camera car attend this venue at the begging and end of the school day.
® Enforcement action.
NB: Brief written report back to Gary Roberts on enforcement action that has been taken in time for the next meeting of the Icknield Ward Forum on the 17th October 2013. / LBC
Parking Services / Tony Stefano / Since April 13 the CCTV camera enforcement vehicle has visited the School on 31 occasions. We are now in the School holiday period and further enforcement visits will be made once the Schools return in September. (T Stefano, 5/08/13)
ICKNIELD WARD FORUMS
Ref / Date of Forum / Issue / Solution / Who should be involved? / Referred to / Outcome9 / 17/10/13 / Riddy Lane
Difficulties in Riddy Lane. A resident said that they would write a paper and share it with the Police and Councillors.
10 / 6/3/14 / Riddy Lane
Broken pavements by the shops. / LBC
Engineering & Highways / Stuart Jackson / The broken forecourts are privately owned (S Jackson 20.05.2014).
11. / 6//3/14 / Cabs
Private hire vehicles parking in
Parys Road. / LBC
Licensing / Tony Ireland
12. / 6/3/14 / Grosvenor Road
Can we look at imposing a weight restriction in Grosvenor Road, restricting HGV vehicles? / LBC
Engineering & Highways / Stuart Jackson / We would require more evidence to show the numbers of HGV’s and their origin and destination (or operator details) before considering restrictions. Any restrictions would not apply to HGV’s delivering to properties in Grosvenor Road. (S Jackson 20.05.2014).
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