Category Archives: Advice

Colne Valley Park today

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Brunel  University students, working with West London Film & Media CIC and Groundwork South, have put together a seven-minute video about the Colne Valley Park as it stands today, before it is cut through by the twin threats of HS2 and Heathrow’s third runway.

It’s a charming film of the pleasures on the doorstep of 10 million people. Perhaps it will inspire you to visit the attractions, support the cafés and other local businesses and perhaps get involved in some way with its associated charities.

More information here.

Our thanks to Twitter’s Mrs_AngryJones for the tip-off.

Planning map confusion cleared

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In the Live Planning Applications Map, we’ve only recently realised (sorry for the delay) that if two properties are in the same postcode, only one of them can be accessed via the map marker icon ( googlemapmarkericon ).

It is possible to see the full list of applications by clicking on this icon – Sidepanel – in the header. Until now they’ve been in reverse date order. Not very helpful if you want to see something for a particular post code. So we’ve change it to alphabetical sequence by post code.

Use the grey slider immediately to the right to scroll the list and click on an entry to see its details.

I’m sorry it’s taken so long for the penny to drop. It’s only because I was looking for the Harefield Place applications that I realised I could see only one of the several applications still outstanding.

House of Lords HS2 report today

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The House of Lords HS2 Select Committee is reporting in public today at 10am. (Committee Room 4 if you want to rush up there.)

Or you can watch it on parliament tv

The Chairman will announce the publication of the report and make a few, brief concluding remarks. The Committee will adjourn very shortly thereafter and the report will be made available on the Committee’s website.

This link takes you straight to the Ickenham bit.

Burns Night Bash

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The Ickenham Festival Team will be holding its ever-popular “Burns Night” at Douay Martyrs School on Saturday 21st January 2017.

You can look forward to a live ceilidh band (The Larkrise Ranters), with a caller, a Piper, a haggis supper, dancing, and Burns poetry reading.  A great night out is promised for all.

Full details of tickets and booking are on the Ickenham Festival website. Don’t delay, tickets sell out fast.

HS2 House of Lords Presentation of Petitions

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The Ickenham Residents’ Association, along with other petitioners from Ickenham, will be presenting from 2 pm on Monday November 21 to the House of Lords HS2 Select Committee. We all would appreciate your support when we present. The public have access to the Select Committee Room 4 – please allow 30 -40 minutes to get through security and make you way through the myriad passages in the House – there are lots of people who will be happy to give you directions.
The Association with many more Ickenham petitioners presented to the House of Commons Select Committee in June 2015; at that time we were all requesting that the tunnel be extended beyond the Colne Valley thereby saving Ickenham and our surrounding areas. Although we believe this is still the best option the Secretary of State for Transport has confirmed that there will be no tunnel extension; this was on same day that the Secretary of State also advised that HS2 will not fund the relocation of HOAC.
The House of Commons Select Committee in their final report did state that we deserved special mitigation particularly regarding the traffic and dumping of spoil. There has been a working group between HS2, LBH and TfL which has determined that based upon a number of conditions – all of which are uncertain – there is scope for reducing HGV lorries and dumping of some spoil.
We however do not consider this is good enough; it still puts over 100,000 HGVs down Swakeleys Road during the construction period with horrendous emissions. We still have 3 major construction sites, road closures due to utility works and concrete factories sited on green belt. HS2 Ltd have held 2 events in Ickenham to put a positive spin on this but nearly all attendees advised us afterwards that they were dissatisfied with HS2 ‘s proposals.
The London Borough of Hillingdon will be presenting to the Select Committee on November 17. They will be raising similar issues and of course the situation with HOAC.

HS2 House of Lords petitions

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If you are interested in reading our HS2 petition to the House of Lords Select Committee, you’ll find it on pages 27-34 of this document. Others look out for are:

Document 1: Beryl Upton, and many others,  pages 40-43; Eric Gustavson, pages 281-284

Document 2: The Drive/Uxbridge Golf Course, pages 66-74;

Document 3: Matt Semple, and many others, pages 19-21; Mary Cockerell, and many others, pages 42-48; Brian Cable, pages 54-60

Document 4: London Borough of Hillingdon, pages 384 to 389

Document 5: North Uxbridge Residents Association pages 74-75

All bar the LBH will appear on 21st November between 14:00 and 17:30

[Update: 10th November: Four more petitions have been squeezed into an already tight slot.]

LBH is scheduled for 17th November – time slot still unknown.

If you are willing and able, please attend these sessions. The more of us who turn up in support, the greater the influence on the Select Committee. Thank you.

HS2 Village Hall tomorrow (3 Nov)

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HS2 will be holding an Information Event between 3 pm and 9 pm Ickenham Village Hall tomorrow, November 3. We will have a stand there and will on hand to answer questions, suggest questions to ask HS2 and listen to  your feedback.

The more of you that come and share your views with us, the better informed and prepared we’ll be when we present to the House of Lords Select Committee.

Some things to bear in mind (quoting from an earlier email):

“The government has reneged on its commitment to fund the relocation of HOAC. As it stands HOAC will  close down.”

“Also, the Secretary of State will not agree to extension of tunnel.”

 “This does not bode well for us trying to get improvements for the community.”

We have to keep on pushing as hard as possible for decision reversals and mitigation.

See you there?

 

 

 

HS2 Ground Inspections begin

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We’ve received a letter from HS2’s engagement team about ground inspections due to start next week. If you need to engage, details are at the foot of the email:

Dear all,

Please note that the Ground Investigation (GI) works that were discussed at the HS2 information event on Thursday 13 October are due to commence next week. As a result of the GI, you may notice the following:

•        Background noise from the drilling of boreholes or digging of the trial pits and use of water pumps.
•        Hoarding around ground investigation sites.
•        Contractor vehicle movements to and from the sites.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Matt

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Matthew Edgar | Engagement Manager | HS2 Ltd
Tel: 020 7944 5138 | Mobile: 07769 624611 | Matthew.edgar@hs2.org.uk | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, 5th Floor, Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT  | www.gov.uk/hs2

New emissions proposals: Have your say

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Transport for London and the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking views on proposals to introduce a new £10 daily Emission Surcharge (also known as the “T-charge”) in 2017. This would be for cars, vans, minibus and heavy vehicles registered in 2005 and older. This would be in addition to the Congestion Charge.

They would also like your views on changes to the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), a separate scheme that will replace the Emissions Surcharge and will have stricter emissions standards for vehicles. These changes include:

•    Introducing a central London ULEZ in 2019 rather than 2020
•    Extending the zone up to the North and South Circular in 2019 or later
•    Extending the zone London-wide for heavy vehicles only in 2019 or later

The main link is here: tfl.gov.uk/airquality-consultation

If you want to go straight to the survey, click here.

The consultation ends on Sunday 18 December.