From the 2nd December and for all collections after this date you need to put your bin as near the the street as possible. If you don't do this your bin may not be collected.
The bin must be within your garden and not on the pavement.
The Council is providing a special assisted bin collection service for residents who are unable to move their bins out to be collected. This service is only available if you have a disability or a health condition. If you think you need assistance please call 020 8937 5050.
Why is this happening? It will make the collection of waste more efficient and quicker.
Click on the link below to see a quick "How to"
http://youtu.be/93KQuhxTYjs
Remember December 2nd - put your bin near the street. Tell your neighbours and friends.
Thank you for helping Brent Council be more efficient.
Fryent Councillors
Don't forget the Budget simulator - see how the Council spends your cash.
www.budgetsimulator.com/brentcouncil
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
New Health Centre for Kingsbury
Multi-million pound plans to build “urgently needed” doctors surgeries in Kingsbury have been approved to cope with a growing number of new patients.
The empty patch of land in Stag Lane, Kingsbury, near the Village School will be transformed into a new centre including a pharmacy and 11 new flats.
The Fryent Medical Centre in Church Lane and the Willow Tree Doctors Surgery, which operate from small residential houses in Kingsbury, will relocate to the new centre to accommodate the growing need for improved health care facilities in the area.
The 11 flats are expected to be completed by winter 2014 and the medical centres will be built by summer 2015.
The housing will consist of one, two and three bedroom apartments for shared ownership, and priority will be given to social tenants, people on the housing register and first-time buyers.
Fryent Councillors have been working closely with the GP Practices and the wider NHS, Brent Council and the Network Housing Association. We are delighted that this scheme has finally been approved, this scheme delivers a solution with great benefits for Kingsbury and its residents and patients and adds much needed housing.
Cllr George Crane, Cllr Ruth Moher and Cllr Jim Moher.
The empty patch of land in Stag Lane, Kingsbury, near the Village School will be transformed into a new centre including a pharmacy and 11 new flats.
The Fryent Medical Centre in Church Lane and the Willow Tree Doctors Surgery, which operate from small residential houses in Kingsbury, will relocate to the new centre to accommodate the growing need for improved health care facilities in the area.
The 11 flats are expected to be completed by winter 2014 and the medical centres will be built by summer 2015.
The housing will consist of one, two and three bedroom apartments for shared ownership, and priority will be given to social tenants, people on the housing register and first-time buyers.
Fryent Councillors have been working closely with the GP Practices and the wider NHS, Brent Council and the Network Housing Association. We are delighted that this scheme has finally been approved, this scheme delivers a solution with great benefits for Kingsbury and its residents and patients and adds much needed housing.
Cllr George Crane, Cllr Ruth Moher and Cllr Jim Moher.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Small Business Saturday 7th December
Brent is
celebrating Small Business Saturday on 7th December, for those of you that have
not heard Small Business Saturday is about encouraging people to "shop
local"
The idea
was first talked about by Chuka Umanna,
Labour Shadow Business Minister and the idea is rapidly growing.
To help
launch Small Business Saturday, Brent Council is holding a Small Business
Exhibition at the Civic Centre on Friday 6 th December. A showcase of local
products and business leaders will join Brent Regeneration and Growth officers
to help with advice on managing red tape or starting up a business.
Council Leader Cllr Muhammed Butt and Cllr George Crane Lead Member for Regeneration and Growth will be meeting business leaders and listening to ways Brent can help small business grow in Brent.
It is
also important that we all get out to our local shopping parades in Kingsbury,
Church Lane and The Hyde in Edgware Road to "shop local"
Fryent Councillors.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
"Romans" living in Kingsbury?
It's just been reported by our highly respected local historian, Phillip Grant, that Roman ('Samian ware') pottery and traces of buildings, have been found at the Blackbird Hill (former 'Blarney Stone' pub) archaelogical dig site. Along with other Wembley History Society enthusiasts, Phillip has been working with the archaeologists there. The significance of these finds could be enormous. If validated by Archaeology South-East, they would confirm earlier speculation that there was a farm and people permanently settled hereabouts, in pre-Roman times viz.,the early centuries of the 1st millennium.
It would add about 500 years to the age of the area as a place of settlement. Up to now, most historians and archaeologists believed that it was the Wembley area which was the original place of settlement hereabouts. 'Wemba' is first recorded as having his clearing in the forest ('Wemba lea') in AD825. But if this Welsh Harp ward site ( in the ancient parish of Kingsbury, just along from the old church), does prove to be evidence of a Roman (or indeed pre-Roman settlement), that could have enormous significe for English history generally. It could put the whole area on the English heritage 'map' big time, with enormous potential for tourism.
Before we get too excited however, we must wait for the archaeologists to report finally. We await with interest for Philip's further reports from Blackbird Hill.
It's just been reported by our highly respected local historian, Phillip Grant, that Roman ('Samian ware') pottery and traces of buildings, have been found at the Blackbird Hill (former 'Blarney Stone' pub) archaelogical dig site. Along with other Wembley History Society enthusiasts, Phillip has been working with the archaeologists there. The significance of these finds could be enormous. If validated by Archaeology South-East, they would confirm earlier speculation that there was a farm and people permanently settled hereabouts, in pre-Roman times viz.,the early centuries of the 1st millennium.
It would add about 500 years to the age of the area as a place of settlement. Up to now, most historians and archaeologists believed that it was the Wembley area which was the original place of settlement hereabouts. 'Wemba' is first recorded as having his clearing in the forest ('Wemba lea') in AD825. But if this Welsh Harp ward site ( in the ancient parish of Kingsbury, just along from the old church), does prove to be evidence of a Roman (or indeed pre-Roman settlement), that could have enormous significe for English history generally. It could put the whole area on the English heritage 'map' big time, with enormous potential for tourism.
Before we get too excited however, we must wait for the archaeologists to report finally. We await with interest for Philip's further reports from Blackbird Hill.
Friday, October 4, 2013
How can we clean up the area around the Edgware Road?
Since I've been a Fryent councillor, now nearly twelve years ago, the one depressing
part of the ward has been at the Edgware Road end of the Springfield estate. Its a poor
shopping parade, with very limited choice with so many betting offices, take-away joints
and pubs. The pavements are cluttered with ill-assorted 'furniture' and the A5 is a
fast-moving dangerous road to cross and divides the community.
Worse, the alley ways behind the parade of shops are a disgrace - especially the one in Springfield Mount with dumped trade and household waste, mattresses and fly-tipping - a happy place for rats and other vermin. We've had the Environmental Health officers in more times than I can remember. They've issued prosecution notices to some rogue landlords who don't seem to care. A number of residents and traders have tried to band together to improve things, but it rarely works for long, as the problems are overwhelming and they give up. We've put up alley gates and tarmacced the Springfield Mount one, (c£5,000), only to find the gates left open and building materials dumped all over it again. The streets get all the throwaway food cartons and other litter blown up from the parade, which regularly defeats the Council's efforts to keep them clean. Its like pushing a rock up a hill!
Residents have had to endure this mess and other more recent nuisances all those years and it grieves us not to be able to get the Council to do more with the austerity times that have been loaded on slashed local Council budgets so unfairly.
Nevertheless, there is some brighter light starting to appear over the hill. As a result of our efforts and that of the Council officers, a new Burnt Oak/Colindale/The Hyde Placemaking Plan, has been drawn up to transform the whole area along the Edgware Road as one of the borough's five growth areas. In the jargon, this will involve 'a suite of co-ordinated public realm interventions and urban design strategies'. This means changing the A5 road, pavements
and junctions to make it safer (more crossings), more pleasing to the eye (more trees, less clutter on the streets) and lots of more ambitious plans. Most importantly, we will be looking for some 'quick wins' such as tackling the alley ways, to build confidence that this is not just a grandiose long-term plan. For the full Plan - which has been drawn up by consultants with the public, councillors and officers - see the website at http://www.brent.gov.uk/regeneration/burnt-oak-colindale-regeneration/ .
So all we need now is the money to make it happen! The good news is that both Brent and Barnet are working together and will contribute regeneration funds. The councillors in Fryent and Queensbury wards will also tip in a significant amount from their smaller 'Ward Working' funds. The major businesses at the Burnt Oak and Colindale end of the stretch in question, will also be major players.
This is a sketch of the Plan. We hope to present it at a future Brent Connects meeting (the old
Kingsbury & Kenton Forum), with far more detail. But at the end of the day, all these agencies can do only so much. Success will depend on you, the residents of the area most affected. We, your local councillors, will be calling a public meeting of residents, traders, landlords and all others who want to get involved in transforming your area. Watch this space for details.
As some of you will know, I will be stepping down from the Council next May, but George and Ruth (and hopefully our Action Team colleague, Mrs Shama Tatler) will carry this project forward, if they are re-elected in 2014.
Cllr Jim Moher
Since I've been a Fryent councillor, now nearly twelve years ago, the one depressing
part of the ward has been at the Edgware Road end of the Springfield estate. Its a poor
shopping parade, with very limited choice with so many betting offices, take-away joints
and pubs. The pavements are cluttered with ill-assorted 'furniture' and the A5 is a
fast-moving dangerous road to cross and divides the community.
Worse, the alley ways behind the parade of shops are a disgrace - especially the one in Springfield Mount with dumped trade and household waste, mattresses and fly-tipping - a happy place for rats and other vermin. We've had the Environmental Health officers in more times than I can remember. They've issued prosecution notices to some rogue landlords who don't seem to care. A number of residents and traders have tried to band together to improve things, but it rarely works for long, as the problems are overwhelming and they give up. We've put up alley gates and tarmacced the Springfield Mount one, (c£5,000), only to find the gates left open and building materials dumped all over it again. The streets get all the throwaway food cartons and other litter blown up from the parade, which regularly defeats the Council's efforts to keep them clean. Its like pushing a rock up a hill!
Residents have had to endure this mess and other more recent nuisances all those years and it grieves us not to be able to get the Council to do more with the austerity times that have been loaded on slashed local Council budgets so unfairly.
Nevertheless, there is some brighter light starting to appear over the hill. As a result of our efforts and that of the Council officers, a new Burnt Oak/Colindale/The Hyde Placemaking Plan, has been drawn up to transform the whole area along the Edgware Road as one of the borough's five growth areas. In the jargon, this will involve 'a suite of co-ordinated public realm interventions and urban design strategies'. This means changing the A5 road, pavements
and junctions to make it safer (more crossings), more pleasing to the eye (more trees, less clutter on the streets) and lots of more ambitious plans. Most importantly, we will be looking for some 'quick wins' such as tackling the alley ways, to build confidence that this is not just a grandiose long-term plan. For the full Plan - which has been drawn up by consultants with the public, councillors and officers - see the website at http://www.brent.gov.uk/regeneration/burnt-oak-colindale-regeneration/ .
So all we need now is the money to make it happen! The good news is that both Brent and Barnet are working together and will contribute regeneration funds. The councillors in Fryent and Queensbury wards will also tip in a significant amount from their smaller 'Ward Working' funds. The major businesses at the Burnt Oak and Colindale end of the stretch in question, will also be major players.
This is a sketch of the Plan. We hope to present it at a future Brent Connects meeting (the old
Kingsbury & Kenton Forum), with far more detail. But at the end of the day, all these agencies can do only so much. Success will depend on you, the residents of the area most affected. We, your local councillors, will be calling a public meeting of residents, traders, landlords and all others who want to get involved in transforming your area. Watch this space for details.
As some of you will know, I will be stepping down from the Council next May, but George and Ruth (and hopefully our Action Team colleague, Mrs Shama Tatler) will carry this project forward, if they are re-elected in 2014.
Cllr Jim Moher
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Brent Civic Centre Opening Ceremony
Brent Council is celebrating the opening of the Civiuc Centre with a grand spectacle of music, dance, arts and performances.
Come along and enjopy a lively day of family activities and fun for all. There will be guided tours of the building.
Sunday Oct 6th from 12 noon to 7.30
Come and meet your Councillors George, Jim and Ruth. - see you there?
Come along and enjopy a lively day of family activities and fun for all. There will be guided tours of the building.
Sunday Oct 6th from 12 noon to 7.30
Come and meet your Councillors George, Jim and Ruth. - see you there?
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Brent Connects - Kingsbury and Kenton Forum
The next meeting of Brent Connects, Kingsbury and Kenton will be held at a new venue on Tuesday 23rd July at 7pm.
The new venue will be the Oshwal Ekta Centre, 366 Stag Lane, Kingsbury NW9 9AA
We will post a blog nearer the time when the agenda has been decided but make a note of the date now.
George Crane
Fryent Councillors.
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