Wimpey Homes Grove Road Development Update!

See update from 20th March 2009 at end of page!

Residents of Hevingham Gardens, Glanford Way, Sudbury Court, Norfolk Court and Norwich Crescent will have received Chadwell Green Newsletters today. While I was delivering my Wife Juliet was auditing your area and highlighted the below mentioned areas of concern:

• The Pavement at the corner of Grove Road/Chadwell Heath Lane at the front of your property is crumbling.
• Railings at the Corner of Hevingham Gardens/Grove Road have been hit by a vehicle it would seem and they have collapsed.
• Next to 27 Nacton Court within the underpass to residential waste bins - two beds have been dumped.
• Next to 24 Sudbury Court within the waste bin subway a bed has been dumped.
• Next to 7 Sudbury Court in the underpass doors to Bin areas do not close.
• next to 26 Sudbury court (or maybe 26 Norwich crescent -do not understand numbering scheme) doors broken off Bin Area
• The vegetation at Norwich Crescent Seating Area /Garden is overgrown and weedy
• The doors to the bin Area next to 28 Norfolk court has no doors?
• To the fore of 18 Sudbury Court and to the fore of 24 Sudbury Court shale has been removed from the Flower Beds uncovering utility covers.
• There is a stack of broken wood from a former bed strewn across the grassy area near the old sales suite building (opposite the NHS building accesible from entrance at Chadwell Heath Lane/Grove Road - rather than Hevingham Gardens)
• There is graffiti on the plant bed to the fore of 11 Glanford Way.

I have asked all relevant agencies to investigate these issues and to report back to me. I will keep you posted on any works to be undertaken.

Please share your thoughts and advise of other areas of need.

GOOD NEWS: I have received a response from the Redbridge Aboriculturalists (Gardeners):

"The Council's Highway and Engineering Services have advised that the roads within the estate have not been adopted by the Council, therefore, the estate is not included within the Council's Ground Maintenance Contracts.

However, it is anticipated that the Roads will be adopted, as part of the public Highway, within the next few months and any areas of vegetation that are adopted will then be maintained by the Council. Once the adoption has been completed, we will be able to provide details relating to the area's of Council responsibility and confirm what and when work will be carried out."

GOOD NEWS 2: Wimpey homes have agreed to look at the landscaping issues and are sending an engineer to investigate. They ahve also provided details of the Management Agency in respect to the Bulk waste and the damageed doors.

Dear Residents,

UPDATE "20th March 2009 -Good News for Richmond Estate!
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Since my last newsletter you will have noticed Redbridge Council have removed much bulky waste and the reported graffiti. Further to that, I visited your estate today the 20th March 200 with Mathew Simmonds of RGM and list the agreed action for your estate.

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  The lighting in the car park is to be renewed, gates will be fixed and the electrical supply will be repaired so that the pumps will remove the water. During my inspection I noticed that the slats on the Lighting channels (designed to provide light to the car park) seem to be upside down and hence are having no impact. I have emailed George Wimpey to see if they could turn these the correct way up.
• RGM have confirmed that shale will be returned to the vacant bedding channels near Sudbury and Dunwich Courts.
• RGM will be talking with George Wimpey and clarifying who has responsibility for the landscaping of the Green on Norwich Court. This should result in a rectification programme shortly.
• RGM have agreed to install some bins at the location when complete and I will be requesting 4 dog litter bins for the whole estate via Redbridge Council.
• Bulky waste has returned after the recent clearance from Redbridge Council and there were some items that my wife did not list (it is a shame that a resident did not inform us after my first letters). RGM have agreed to remove these items and will continue to do so, on a fortnightly basis.
• RGM are sourcing a quotation for the introduction of gates to the waste areas, these will be of more solid construction than the doors on the cabins - within the waste areas. The idea being that this might deter bulky waste deliveries as they will have to take place in more visible areas.
• Pavement repairs have been undertaken by the Redbridge Road maintenance team toady, in respect to the corner of Grove Road and Chadwell Heath Lane.
• RGM are awaiting two quotations for insurance repair works to the barriers at the Hevingham Road corner - that have been hit by cars. This work should be completed shortly and the loose rubber pipe will be removed. Once the road is adopted I will ask Highways to introduce bollards on the corner to protect the Barriers
• There are two cars that seem to be abandoned:
  Location Licence Plate
  24 Dunwich Court R223 0FX
  26 Sudbury Court E701 GMX
  If these are yours please inform me as the Management Agency is contacting the DVLA to locate details of the owners – for a potential 7 day warning for removal from site.
• The lamp post leaning on Norwich Green seems to be due to there being no foundation or stabilisation base - I have asked George wimpey to remedy this issue.