Broughton Hastings Arden Denmark & Hartington Roads

April 2004 Issue 23

Five Roads Home Zone Newsletter

Last Stand Against Daniel's Development

A public meeting to hear our objections to the proposed development at Daniel's Department Store is going to be held this Tuesday, April 20th. Our three local Councillors, Anthony Young, David Scott and Ian Potts, have agreed to make themselves available to hear our comments - so let's turn up in force and tell them what we really think!
Daniel's are planning to build a massive 137 flats above their shop - towering over local houses by building up seven storeys. Very few of the new flats will have car parking spaces and the access to the new development will be through Broughton Road, destroying years of campaigning to make our roads quiet and safe.
To encourage as many people to turn up as possible, two meetings will be held - one at 3pm and one at 7:30pm, both at the Conservative Association offices at 39 Broughton Road. The Councillors will report back to the Ealing Council planning committee meeting in the summer which will decide if the Daniel's application should go ahead. So it is vital that everyone in the Home Zone attends one of the meetings to tell our Councillors that the development is too much, too high and too ambitious.
Also a plea for everyone to write individual letters of complaint as soon as possible. Households should have been notified of the Daniel's planning application, and comments need to reach the Council by the end of April. Letters need to go to Sandra Winwood, Ealing Council, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, London W5 2HL. Reference number: TPST 00165/22.

Home Zone Launch
Bring some bubbly (or something fizzy) and a glass on Saturday April 24th when we will officially launch the good ship Home Zone onto the rough seas of traffic congestion in West Ealing. After years of planning and work, Ealing Council has promised us that everything will be finished by then. It will be the beginning of living in an improved environment, and we want to mark the day with a spot of celebration!
At the same time Neighbourhood Watch will be holding a Crime Prevention Day in the Five Roads. This is particularly timely as there have been at least two break-ins into houses in the Home Zone in the last couple of months.
People will be on hand to mark bicycles against theft, and an appointment can be made to draw up an inventory of your other valuables (this can get you a reduced household insurance rate).
Beesafe, a community service that helps with advice on home safety, will be offering tips on making your home burglar-proof. And police community safety officers will be with us as well.
For the youngsters, Ealing Fire Service will let us have one of their fire engines on display and there will be other entertainment. So for a fun and informative day, come along between 11am - 3pm along Broughton Road. Burgers and buns will be on sale.

So What's It All About…
The Five Roads Home Zone is more than pretty coloured pavements and funny parking slots. For several years the residents of Arden, Broughton, Denmark, Hartington and Hastings Roads have been campaigning for a community scheme to address the problems of high levels of traffic and parking on our streets.
Our Home Zone is one of about 100 across the country funded by central government and which "attempts to strike a balance between vehicular traffic and everyone else who uses the street -- the pedestrians, cyclists, business people and residents."
Changing the look of the streets in the Home Zone through landscaping, road signs and other measures is a way of encouraging drivers to proceed with greater care and at lower speeds. The Home Zone means that people living here should be able to walk around more safely in an area that has a defined community feel to it.

On The Beat
Ealing police are getting new beat officers for the West Ealing area to increase police presence. This is in addition to the recruitment of our new Home Beats Officer, whose name and contact details we will have soon. There are also two new contact numbers: Safer Homes Squad 8246 9441 and Crime Prevention Office 8246 9569.

Share A Car
The Home Zone now has its very own car club - where members can use a range of vehicles within a few minutes walk of their home. And there is a special introductory offer for Home Zone residents - three months' free trial!
Car Club members have a brand new Ford Focus parked in the Home Zone which they can hire by the hour and book by phone or through the internet.
But once you join the Car Club you have access to a network of vehicles across Britain - so if you go to Brighton for the day, you can use the car club in Brighton.
Residents will have to pay a membership fee (£12 a month) and then pay-as-they-drive (£2.30 an hour and 15p per mile). It's a bit like car hire only hopefully cheaper.
The scheme is managed by Smart Moves who provide 24-hour call centre back-up as well as full AA coverage.
And it's environmentally friendly. Smart Moves say a car club typically shows a reduction of 16 individually owned cars per club - which should mean fewer cars parked in our streets.
To get more information on the Five Roads Forum projec, call the Smart Moves project manager Menno Martens on 0845 3301234 or email menno@smartmoves.co.uk

Planning Points
In a community effort to stop the Home Zone being encroached upon by over-development, the Five Roads Forum has formed an unofficial committee to work with Ealing Council. The Council is working on several planning briefs to develop sites adjacent to the Five Roads. These include the Arden Road car park, office building on Uxbridge Road and St Leonards Roads, the Majestic wine warehouse and others.
The development of these sites is potentially worrying for the future character of the Home Zone after developments currently being built are taken into account - Waitrose, Daniel's and Cavalier House.
If you would like to be involved with this committee, please ring Lisa on 8840 0007.