Rats, Mice, Pidgeons and natures balance

I visited Aston Mews, Pavement Mews and the flats to the rear of the High Road accessed via the alleyway from Montpelier Road and Mansted Gardens, accompanied by a Redbridge Health and Safety Officer. I highlighted concerns about the Rubbish on the roof of some commercial property extensions along Pavement Mews and Aston Mews. I was particularly concerned about one property in particular on Pavement Mews from which a chair fell off and just missed me. Another property has a very rickety old external wooden stair case and a previous report from me has resulted in some enforcement action. This concern is compounded due to the number of residents living in the flats to which the stair case leads.

The rubbish on these roofs are attracting pests especially with normal household rubbish including food being left on the roof of some properties in Aston Mews.

A derelict shed within the alleyway parallel to the High Road aforementioned has become a dumping area. Moreover, residents have warned local tenants that a nest of rats is located in that locality by pasting a warning on the door of the shed.

Before humans started to create the unnatural ecosystems we have today nature had a balance - which it still does of sorts. However this balance has changed and is dynamic, we know many previous species are extinct and that natural selection has decimated the British Red Squirrel population. When we have concerns about increases in rats, pidgeons and mice we need only look at our own living habits to discover why things are the way they are now. Perhaps in addition to any council action we need to take responsibility for our own....?

I am awaiting a response back from the Health and Safety Team indicating any action to be taken. I will keep you all informed of progress.