Copers Cope Area Residents' Association (CCARA) & West Beckenham Residents' Association (WBRA)
Two residents' associations working together across Beckenham on your behalf
The new Bromley Safer Neighbourhood Board which replaces the Bromley Community Engagement Forum will be hosting a number of public meetings around the borough during the year to discuss community safety. Our Association sits on the board and arranged for the first meeting to be held in Beckenham. All local people are encouraged to attend.
Venue: Citygate Church, 22 Rectory Road, Beckenham BR3 1AA
Date: Wednesday 9th July
Time: 6:30pm to peruse stands, 7:00pm Meeting starts
Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is currently reviewing the Neurology Services across the borough and is seeking the view of patients and carers about the current service. Currently Neurology Services are delivered in a range of healthcare settings and while the individual services are good, the feedback suggests that they are fragmented and do not provide seamless care. Those affected locally are encouraged to provide feedback as over the coming months the CCG and Kings College Hospital are looking at what additional services can be provided from the Beckenham Beacon.
To provide feedback please answer the following questions and return by email to either Astrid Holness (astrid.holness@nhs.net) or Bhumika Mittal (bhumika.mittal@nhs.net).
Neurology Services Feedback
The annual Best Dressed Window Competition is well underway, this year’s theme is West End Musicals. See if you can spot these wonderful windows. Vote for your favourite in store or online.
This year’s theme is West End Musicals to celebrate 50 years of the musical Mary Poppins, starring one time Beckenham resident Julie Andrews.
The window display competition will run for 10 days from Friday 06 June to Sunday 15 June. Check out the best dressed windows in and around the High Street, vote for your favourite in store or below.
Who will take the crown this year! Previous winners have been Beckenham Flower Studio in 2012, Thackray Williams solicitors in 2013.
Beckenham Junction/Kent House/Penge East is set to lose its train services to St Pancras and beyond. Existing Thameslink services will terminate at Blackfriars.
Last week the new franchise for Thameslink and Great Northern (TSGN) was announced with a network map depicting that services from Beckenham Junction to St Pancras and beyond will not run for the whole term of the franchise. See links below.
We contacted the Department for Transport and Bromley Council for clarification. As part of the Thameslink and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise consultation in Summer 2012, South West London were successful in lobbying to ensure the Wimbledon Loop services were maintained through the central London core as part of the new Thameslink line during peak hours. This means that other peak services from the South, including those from Beckenham Junction will terminate at Blackfriars. Could this service capacity not have been shared between Beckenham Junction and the Wimbledon Loop?
Further, when the new South Eastern Franchise is renewed in 2018, this service is to be moved from Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) to the new franchise and there is no guarantee that the reduced service from Beckenham Junction to Blackfriars will remain.
We have asked our Councillors to lobby for improved commuter rail services from Beckenham and to save our St Pancras and beyond services from Beckenham Junction. You can register your objection to the cessation of the St Pancras and beyond service below.
Save train services from Beckenham Junction to St Pancras and beyond
The Beckenham Town Centre Team will be holding its first AGM and Public Meeting on:
Date: 8pm to 9pm, Tuesday 10 June 2014
Venue: Harry Lyne Room (2nd floor), Beckenham Beacon, 379 Croydon Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3QL
All local people are welcome to attend to find out more about the work of the TCT and its represented community groups, and to discuss and the vitality and betterment of Beckenham Town Centre.
The TCT has representatives from the Beckenham Business Association, Beckenham Rotary Club, Beckenham Town Centre Manager, Bromley Cyclists, Bromley Road School, Bromley Mobility Forum, Churches Together, Central Beckenham Residents’ Association, Copers Cope Area Residents’ Association, Copers Cope Ward Police, Friends of Kelsey Park, The Beckenham Society, Waitrose Beckenham and the West Beckenham Residents’ Association.
The TCT will be electing the official posts of Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Please note that only existing TCT members are eligible to stand for election.
To ensure sufficient seating, we would be grateful if you can confirm your attendance by email to chairman@coperscope.org.uk
A planning application to expand Sloane House Nursing Home has been submitted. The proposal is to demolish existing garage/workshops and erect a two storey side and rear extension with front and rear dormer to northern wing and provision of new external stairs to rear and detached single storey workshop.
Further details can be found online under reference number 14/01421/FULL1.
The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) have organised the ‘Space for Cycling’ campaign. Space for Cycling gives opportunity for local people to let their Councillors know for the upcoming local council elections on 22 May what is needed for safe cycling in our streets. Everyone who uses the streets are encouraged to participate, pedestrians, drivers and of course cyclists.
LCC have identified local high-priority measures that will help create safe Space for Cycling in every single electoral ward in London.
These measures range from making sure there are safe cycle routes to local schools, to installing protected cycle lanes on a busy street. You can find out what measures are planned for Beckenham at the link below.
An application has been submitted for change of use from a retail unit to a takeaway for the hairdressers next to Kaplan Kebabs on the bridge.
Further details can be found online under reference 14/01232/FULL2.
The furniture shop at 416 Croydon Road next to Tescos Metro has a planning application to become a cafe with a children’s play area aimed at the under 5s. Fingers crossed it doesn’t lie closed for much longer.
Further details can be found online under reference 14/01264/FULL1.
Spring Fair on Beckenham Green.
Stalls and hot food:
Entertainment
The stalls, fair and mini tennis will run from 10am to 4pm. Live entertainment on the stage from 11am to 3pm, check out the line up below:
•11:00 Princess Elsa (lookalike) from the movie Frozen – song and dance for the kids
•11:30 Bianca Nichols – soulful vocalist
•12:00 Pastime Historical Dance – rowdy peasants
•13:00 Fundamentally Gospel – pop, soul, gospel and world music
•13:30 Kent Stage Academy – medley of songs from the musical “Godspell”
•14:00 Past time Historical Dance – rowdy peasants
•14:30 Fundamentally Gospel – pop, soul, gospel and world music
The above information correct at time of writing but may be subject to change.
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Head over to Market On The Green this Saturday 10 May on Beckenham Green, where the Council and designers will be set up in an exhibition van to answer all your questions.
Come along to the Market on Saturday, buy some goodies, have some lunch and enjoy some free local entertainment between 11am and 3pm.
Ravensboure School are proposing to establish a new secondary school in the Beckenham area. There will be presentations tomorrow (Thursday 24th April and next Thursday 1st May) at the Beckenham Public Halls in Bromley Rd (opposite St George’s Church) from 6-00pm until 9-00pm. For more information, please go to www.thebeckenhamacademy.info
Copers Cope Area Residents' Association (CCARA) & West Beckenham Residents' Association (WBRA) 