Two residents' associations working together across Beckenham on your behalf
Basil Resturant have lodged a licensing application to:
Information about the licensing application can be found on the Councils website
Sunday trading over the Jubilee weekend – 3 June 2012
Some of our High Street gems are open, come and support them.
Following concerns from residents regarding cars safety pulling out of the Odeon car park over the footpath and traffic congestion if cars turn right, we asked the Council to review the car park exit.
Thank you to Beckenham Odeon and Bromley Council. The exit now has a white give way line before the footpath and cars can only turn left.
The latest statistics from the Met confirm that the number of police available in Bromley has dropped over the last year.
The Mayor of London’s monthly report shows that in April 2011 Bromley had 505.3 police officers while at April 2012 the number was 479.2 – a drop of 26. PCSO numbers had fallen even more dramatically. In April 20111, the borough had 147.2 PCSOs and in April 2012 just 92.7, a drop of 45.
The overall full time police numbers have been cut from 31,947 in April 2011 to 31,825 in April 2012.
Cllr John Getgood, Leader of the Labour opposition group on Bromley Council said: “Many of us will remember Boris Johnson’s election pledge of more police on the streets of London. Where are they? Bromley residents will be particularly concerned, wondering whether there are enough police on the streets of Bromley to ensure our safety. We will continue to…
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We are grateful to the Copers Cope Residents Association for drawing our attention to this article from the May edition of “Inside Housing”. As well as raising important issues, it also provides further background to the plans to convert Cranbrook House in Thesiger Road to temporary accommodation for the homeless.
Grant Shapps is the Conservative Government’s Housing Minister.
The housing minister has warned 20 councils to improve the way they deal with homeless people.
Grant Shapps wrote to the local authorities in England on 23 April after becoming worried about the amount of time they were leaving families languishing in bed and breakfast accommodation. The minister is concerned councils are breaching rules barring them from placing families in B&Bs for more than six weeks.
Hammersmith & Fulham, Bromley, Westminster, Brent and Wandsworth councils in London, as well as Cornwall Council are among those singled out.
Mr Shapps wrote: ‘While this government has removed targets… this…
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Villagers Fine Sausages are having a BBQ stall outside their shop on Saturday 2nd June 2012.
Come along and enjoy a sizzling Jubilee sausage.
The BIG Jubilee Lunch is coming to Beckenham… weather permitting, a wonderful welcoming community picnic will take place in Croydon Road Recreation Ground, 1-4pm.
The Big Lunch started with a very simple idea from the Eden Project and is now nationwide. The aim is to get as many people as possible across the whole of the UK to have lunch with their neighbours in a simple act of community, friendship and fun.
And the Citygate Big Jubilee Lunch, which everyone from Beckenham is welcome to join, will achieve exactly that. The Copers Cope Residents’ Association hopes you will take up the invitation to join in, meet
your neighbours in the wider community, and have a wonderful Diamond Jubilee afternoon.
All you need is some picnic food, a blanket or chair… and hopefully some sunscreen… and let’s see you there.
Developers of a three story block of flats at the rear of 86-94 High Street (behind Pierluigis Restaurant) lodged an appeal against Bromley Councils non-determination of their planning application. The Planning Inspectorate will decide whether or not the planning application should be permitted. Bromley Council are contesting the appeal today at 10 am at Bromley Civic Centre (see previous post on R/O 86-94 High Street for background information).
The Central Beckenham Residents’ Association founded in October 2011 to challenge this planning application provide further information on their website.
Stephen Wells, Copers Cope Ward Councillor, has taken over from Ernest Noad as portfolio holder for education.
At the council AGM on 17 May 2012 Councillor Michael Turner for Plaistow and Sundridge was elected Mayor.
Councillor Ian F. Payne of Chislehurst was elected Deputy Mayor.
Congratulations to them both. We look forward to their support in the coming year.
New to Beckenham High Street – “Pop Up Fashion”, offering beautiful, new, inexpensive female fashions has opened where Debut menswear closed on 28th April.
Support AQUABATIQUE on Britain’s Got Talent (ITV, Saturday 12 May 7.30 pm)
Carers Bromley will be celebrating carers and all that they do by hosting several events during Carers Week for all unpaid carers in the London Borough of Bromley. To view the list of events, please click on this link.
Britain’s Got Talent fan? Did you know that the synchronised swimming act AQUABATIQUE is from Beckenham?
Local girl Katie Freid is manager and co-founder of Aquabtique (normally know as Aquabatix).
Check out their audition for Britain’s Got Talent on YouTube.
Vote for AQUABTIQUE in the Semi Final on Thursday 10 May and send them through to the FINAL.
Good luck AQUABTIQUE!
What is happening on 15 May….
Letter scam that is doing the rounds at present:
A resident receives a letter from a male in China stating they have asked a friend in Europe to post them the letter. In the letter they state that someone with the same surname has come into their bank in China to discuss investing $10.5 million dollars which makes a hefty profit, but the person has passed away after an accident in mainland China and the resident is the next of kin and will be the beneficiary of the funds. The mail states that the resident does not have to have known the deceased and that they will split the money in half. They then ask to keep this between them and contact each other via email, phone or fax where it is assumed they then ask for bank details etc.
Please pass on to family etc to get the word out to as many people as possible.
Copers Cope Area Residents' Association (CCARA) & West Beckenham Residents' Association (WBRA) 