Newsletter plugging July Photo Shoots

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C/O 120 Blythswood Road Ilford IG3 8SG 10^th July 2023

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Dear Residents

Residents’ Public Meeting 8pm Monday 10^th July 2023 8pm Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road IG3 8UA

July Photo-shoots

6pm Thursday 13^th July outside Homebase Construction Site on Goodmayes Avenue

Goodmayes Avenue residents had a meeting with Fairview Management last month. The notes from the meeting are at the above site in a post dated 16^th June. Fairview has provided contact details for the site manager as follows: Chris Jaques mobile number is 07783 55486 Chris.Jaques@fairview.co.uk working hours unless emergency or 0208 023 7092

The Council is refusing to carry out any dust inspections, nor is Fairview willing to provide safer single staircases for the Towers. However, the Council is willing to carry out air quality monitoring. This is to be done using small tubes which measure pollution. I would encourage residents to consider participating in the scheme which will be discussed this evening.

The purpose of the photo shoot is to encourage Fairview to place monitoring tubes on the site boundary on Goodmayes High Road and to re-consider the single staircase issue. I have a tribunal hearing on the 27^th July seeking NHS child death and hospital admissions statistics be given to a third-party academic. If the judge will grant permission and we get the statistics it will give residents the opportunity to commission research into whether there have been more hospital admissions linked to the Homebase construction.

 

There will be a photo shoot before the new wing for King George Meeting on the 17^th July at 7:15pm outside the site of the proposed Bodgers 42 storey tower, opposite Ilford Railway station to call for safer dual staircases, rather than the single staircase planned.

The new high rise towers planned will mean a substantial increase in the East London population. It must be right to build additional capacity at the King George Hospital site to cope with the increased population.

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Regards

 

 

 

Andy Walker

 

News on a step forward for the campaign to stop the High Rise slums is over the page

 

 

Application for 236 High Rise slums on Seven Kings Car Park withdrawn

The Council withdrew this application on the 30^th June 2023. The location is toxic blighted by traffic and noise pollution. This withdrawal is a small step forward for the plan to stop the new slum housing in Redbridge being built. Thank you to Paul Scott for noticing this. More on this at the link below.

https://planning.redbridge.gov.uk/redbridge/application-details/181563#:~:text=Application%20reference%20number,30%20Jun%202023

Crime Stats are a model for Council Governance

Our Council is taking various welcome initiatives to reduce crime. However, publication of crime stats each month at Redbridge Cabinet needs to happen to improve crime reduction. The stats need to be within a written report accompanied by an oral report with public questions taken. Similar reports need to be produced for housing, health and all services that the Council provide or scrutinise. The Council have declared a climate emergency, so it is particularly puzzling that monthly reports on what is being done about the climate emergency are not being produced. Stats and reports are key in the private sector and the NHS. It must be right that Council introduce monthly reporting too.

What you can do:

1) Write to Sam Tarry MP at sam.tarry.mp@parliament.uk at to see if he will meet our campaign team

2) It would be great if you could attend council meetings to either ask a question or support Paul Scott or I who regularly attend meetings. Future meetings at Redbridge Town Hall are:

Overview Committee on 13^th July at 7:15pm

Planning Committee on 18^th July at 7:15pm

Cabinet on 20^th July at 20^th July at 7:17pm

Next Residents meeting at 8pm 10^th July details over the page