Decision details

Actions taken by the environmental departments, reporting on private/public realm data and priority setting.

The Committee received a report from the Enforcement Team Manager.

 

The report outlined an overview of City Council Refuse and Environment and Streets and Open Spaces service activity relating to the geographical area served by the North Area Committee.

 

The report identified the reactive and proactive service actions undertaken in the previous quarter, including the requested priority targets, and reported back on the recommended issues and associated actions. It also included key officer contacts for the reporting of waste and refuse and public realm issues.

 

The following were suggestions for Members on what action could be considered for priority within the North Area in the next quarter:

 

Continuing priorities

 

Number	Priority details
1	Enforcement patrols to tackle fly tipping on communal archways and green areas at Minerva Way area (including Augustus Close, Hercules Close, Neptune Close and Apollo Way), Arbury Court, Hazelwood/Molewood Close area, Church Street recycling centre, Crathern Way / Cameron Way, Cockerel Road, Dundee Close and Sackville / Aragon Close recycling areas
2	Patrols to address dog fouling on Chesterton Recreation Ground and Molewood / Hazelwood Close area including early mornings, evenings and weekends

 

New priorities

Number	Priority details
3	Enforcement patrols to tackle abandoned vehicles across the East Chesterton ward
4	Enforcement patrols to deal with illegal camping at Logan’s Meadows

 

County Councillor Bradnam asked about the ownership of a footpath which was located opposite the Science Park you did not go onto Cowley Road but turned right and then turned left onto a shared footpath towards the new station and was the boundary of the business park.  This footpath suffered from leaf fall and had not been gritted.

 

Mr Bond confirmed that the land referred to was in the ownership of Network Rail but because it formed part of the highway network it was highway land.

 

The Committee discussed the following issues:

     i.        Asked why the fly tipping figures had increased in West Chesterton.

    ii.        Residents on Histon Road had raised complaints about an alarm which kept going off.

   iii.        Asked whether volunteers carried out needle collections.

  iv.        Noted that priority 1 was recommended to remove Dundee Close and asked if Victoria Avenue and Elizabeth Way could be added instead.

   v.        Commented that the list of complaints was not easy to categorise and assumed these were written down as the public reported them.

  vi.        Referred to page 59 of the agenda pack that West Chesterton was the only ward where the trend was consistently worse for fly tipping, graffiti and needles.

 

In response to Members’ questions the Enforcement Team Manager said the following:

     i.        He would be able to do hot spot mapping once new software was in use.

    ii.        Referred residents to call the Council’s out of hour’s service, the Noise Team would respond with sound measuring equipment.

   iii.        Confirmed that the Environmental Team went and collected needles, volunteers would never be asked to do needle collection.

  iv.        Commented that the Environmental Health Team provided the complaint data.

 

A member of the public commented that on p71 of the agenda pack it stated that there was a bin available for East Chesterton and asked whether this could be installed at the level crossing.

 

The Committee discussed the following as additional and revised recommendations for action:

 

Recommendation 1

     i.        To remove Dundee Close and add Victoria Avenue and Elizabeth Way.

 

Following discussion, Members unanimously resolved to approve priorities for action as amended above.