Category Archives: Contact

Ward Meetings PS

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Further to the email sent on 6th Sept see below  we now have a confirmed contact number
the number is 01895 250659.


The three trial ward surgeries have now been held. These generated a low level of attendance and few matters that required follow up.We are going to continue with ward surgeries for a further period but on the basis of booked appointments only. This can be booked via our group office.The surgeries will be from 2.15 on the last Tuesday of the month for a maximum of two hours. The surgery will only run if there are booked appointments and will conclude when the last booked appointment has been seen.

Meetings with councillors – change of approach

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From our Ward Cllrs

The three trial ward surgeries have now been held. These generated a low level of attendance and few matters that required follow up.

We are going to continue with ward surgeries for a further period but on the basis of booked appointments only. This can be booked via our group office.

The surgeries will be from 2.15 on the last Tuesday of the month for a maximum of two hours. The surgery will only run if there are booked appointments and will conclude when the last booked appointment has been seen.

Government to text you April 23rd 3pm

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The test alert, which will take place at 3pm on Sunday 23 April, will see people receive a message on the home screen of their mobile phone, along with a sound and vibration for up to ten seconds. The message will say:

This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will warn you if there’s a life-threatening emergency nearby.

In a real emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe.

https://www.gov.uk/alerts for more information

Ickenham library downgrade: Act now!

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The consultation link has already been posted on the best village Facebook  https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/library-strategy but it’s only when you get almost through the survey – which is very top level – that you find that Ickenham is going to be a tier 3 library with reduced opening*.

Please:

a) complete the survey and

b) query why Ickenham is a tier 3

c) please start to use our library more to improve its figures

d) as the Cabinet member for residents services is one of our Ward Cllrs, Eddie Lavery, please write and defend our library ELavery@hillingdon.gov.uk

You have until April 16th

Thanks.

Notes:

*Tier 1 / Flagship Libraries (3 libraries – Botwell Green, Ruislip Manor, Uxbridge): Mon 9-7, Tues 9-7, Weds 9-5, Thurs 9-7, Fri 9-5, Sat 9-5, Sun 10-1 (Ruislip Manor closed on Sun)

Tier 2 (5 libraries – Manor Farm, Northwood, Oak Farm, Yeading, Yiewsley): Mon 10-7, Tues 10-5, Weds 10-5, Thurs 10-7, Fri 10-5, Sat 10-4

Tier 3** (5 libraries – Eastcote, Harlington, Ickenham, Northwood Hills, South Ruislip): Closed either Mon or Weds; open 3 weekdays 10-1 and 2-5pm; 1 weekday 10am-1pm and 2pm-7pm; Sat 10-4

Tier 4 (4 libraries – Charville, Harefield, Hayes End, West Drayton): Closed either Mon or Weds; open 4 weekdays 10am-1pm and 2-5pm, Sat 10am-2pm

**Tier 3 includes Harlington library, subject to consultation about its future/decommissioning of service. Also includes Northwood Hills library, proposed to open throughout lunchtime pending rebuild

Be warned of dodgy activity on your property records

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An interesting extract from a recent Neighbourhood Watch notification:

… some doorstep fraudsters are attempting to get elderly residents to sign their property over to them.

Did you know that the Land Registry provides a FREE alert service to give you an immediate email alert if official searches and applications are received against a monitored property?  This can give early warning that identity theft is in play using your stolen details.  Identity theft can take place as a result of details taken from your unshredded recycling, or from a hacked online shopping site where you hold an account, for example.

Full details and how to sign up can be found at the Land Registry website here:

Land Registry Property Alerts

You could also consider signing up for a Land Registry alert for the property of an elderly relative.

Thames Water/Soldier’s Return

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Thames Water update
We are working to divert our sewer to make way for the new HS2 railway. Following the London Borough of Hillingdon’s planning approval with planning conditions, we have received sign off of some of the conditions. This means we can plan to build the entrance point of the temporary haul road off High Road, Ickenham.

New road entrance
Subject to approval from the London Borough of Hillingdon, we will carry out work from Monday 13 December until Friday 24 December. This will be to construct a new road entrance off High Road, next to the entrance of The Soldiers Return.

The footpath will remain open for the duration of our works.

The High Road will remain open at all times, but we will need to close half of the northern lane. Traffic management will be in place to keep the traffic flowing.

Future work
We will not be working over the Christmas period and the site will close from 24 December until 4 January 2022.

When we restart our work, we will continue to construct the temporary road from the new access point to the Ickenham Green allotments.

More information: https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/notice-of-thames-water-work-3/