SNC decides not to decide
Last night’s Surbiton Neighbourhood meeting concerned itself largely with the question of yellow lines in and around Ellerton and Bond Roads. The officer’s report on the matter was partly the result of the site meeting we had in April. EBRRA leaders were there as were a number of petitioners who seem not to be members yet, but would be well advised to join.
The main bone of contention is the triangle area and the reason for dealing with it now is the impending development of 2 Ellerton Road by CNM Estates. The officer had also decided that the Traffic management Order should encompass double yellows at other junctions on Ellerton and Bond Roads as a safety measure. Some residents seemed to think that white hatchings would suffice to deter parking on the junctions. I got the impression from the speeches made eventually by Cllrs. Self (at tortuous length) and Parekh that they were inclined to this view and to singles rather than doubles at the triangle. If I am in error, they will doubtless correct me. However the hatchings may not be sufficient as this photo suggests.
I took it in April 2006 at the junction of Mayfair Close and Ditton Road. If you look carefully you can just see the white hatching on which these vehicles are parked solid!
The Chair was kind enough, on noticing my arrival, to invite me to comment on the matter, which I did. Actually Frances Moseley made a very helpful suggestion in the light of the controversy, which was to deal with the triangle now as per the recommendation and leave the other, less pressing matters to a later date. This ‘fell on stony ground’ and after about 80 minutes debate the whole issue was deferred for further study.
I don’t know what Cllr. Houston thinks about this. He wasn’t there!
Next Farmers’ Market
Geoffrey Doyle tells me the next Farmers’ Market will be held in Maple Road on Saturday 19th June from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
Surbiton Road closed
from RBK Highways at 13.43 today
Police and Fire Brigade are currently dealing with a fire at premises on Surbiton Road, Surbiton.
Surbiton Road Closed from the junction of Penrhyn road to Surbiton Hill Road, all traffic is being diverted along Surbiton Road towards Portsmouth Road.
Delays Expected
THE ROAD IS NOW RE-OPENED
Cycle owners please note
There’s a comment in Recent Comments from John McIntyrewhich includes a lead on registering bikes. All cyclists please read it and act on it in your own best interests, and thank you. John, for bringing it to our notice!
Gardens no longer to be ‘brown’
It may be of interest to many Surbiton Hill residents that Communities Minister Greg Clark has pledged to reclassify as ‘green’ gardens
currently categorised as brownfield sites – a planning category also used for old industrial sites that gives more leeway for development. Zac Goldsmith MP (Con. Richmond Park) described the current system as ‘’totally undemocratic.’ He argued houses should be built on empty sites and at a balance needed at local level so the need for housing was weighed against the need for democracy and what people wanted.
Kingston Council some time ago voted unanimously to resist the increasing trend towards ‘garden grabbing’ for development and Southborough residents will recall that the ‘brown field’ designation of gardens played a major role in the Sunrise appeal.
Read a more detailed article on this on the ‘Planning Portal‘.
Cycle thefts from station
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From RBK sources
Cycle theft from Surbiton station is so high that it has topped a table of year on year rises in bike thefts. A British Transport Police table, containing 25 of the highest cycle thefts reporting stations during 2009/10 placed Surbiton at number 2. There were 44 thefts reported in that period. Norbiton also made the table, at number 9, with 16 reported thefts. The figures emerged in the Mayor of London’s new cycle security plan that aims to reduce the risk of bikes being stolen or vandalised. South West Trains recently moved to improve security at the station by installing a secure cycle compound. It was welcomed by commuters, but there have been complaints that early commuters cannot access the compound, so are parking further away using street parking and putting their bikes at risk.
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