AGM - October 2019

Our AGM took place on Wednesday 30th October. Thanks to everyone who came along and contributed to the discussion. The minutes of the meeting are uploaded to the website homepage

Neighbourhood Street Survey - October 2019

We have recently conducted a neighbourhood street survey that seeked to understand some of the key issues that residents experience in our area. A total of 179 responses were received, a very high response rate which demonstrates the strength of feeling in this area. Further details are available in the ‘Traffic’ section of the website

Crescent Mews Development - October 2019

Many of you will be aware of the development proposals for Crescent Mews that were submitted in April this year

Earlier this month a further ‘Reconsultation’ letter was distributed, advising of various changes to the planning proposal to address some of the objections, which had been raised to the original proposal

Quite a number of further objections have now been submitted, particularly re-iterating the original concerns about the following issues:

Density of the social housing, insufficient daylight

Safety of pedestrians crossing the narrow roads leading out of Crescent Mews with limited sightlines and an increase in vehicles providing services to the residents.

Parking provision. Only ’blue badge’ spaces are provided in the development, resulting in other cars being parked in the limited space in the Alexandra CPZ or surrounding roads. The developers’ claim that Haringey will not allow residents to apply for CPZ parking permits does not seem realistic.

Insufficient space for children’s recreation.

Restricted access and manoeuvrability for Fire Service vehicles

In the AGM Cllr Nick da Costa advised that the planning proposal will be on the agenda for the next Planning Subcommittee meeting on November 11th. He will be speaking to object to the details of the proposal, not to the principal of the provision of additional housing stock.

Proposed Abolition of Alexandra Ward - October 2019

The Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBC) reviews ward boundaries at intervals based on specific criteria:

Equalise proportion of voters per Councillor

Respect community identity

The current review is based on a presumed population increase in Haringey of 10,000 by 2024, mainly in the east of the borough. The LGBC has proposed that Alexandra ward is abolished and is split between Bounds Green ward and a new Muswell Hill South ward. This would allow for the creation of an additional ward in the east of the borough, maintaining a total of 19 wards with 3 councillors per ward.

A number of other changes to ward boundaries and names were proposed. Objections were submitted to the proposals, largely from Harringay and Alexandra wards.

Most of the submissions from Alexandra were based on suggestions from Alexandra Park Neighbours (APN), under which Alexandra ward would be retained with minor changes with a reduction to 2 councillors. The principal reason for objection was to maintain the identity of the existing ward and the active community connections across the ward.

The LGBC were due to publish their final recommendations on December 3rd but we understand that this has been postponed to mid-January due to the General Election in December

War Memorial Cleaning - October 2019

A few of us put on our marigolds and picked up a scrubbing brush to give our local War Memorial in St Saviours Court on Alexandra Park Road a good clean up. It has been neglected for many years, looks rather unkempt and is somewhat embarrassing every Remembrance Day Service. But after a good scrub down, we removed all the surface grime and made the lettering legible again. All now looks rather more pleasing to the eye.

Police & Crime - October 2019

Every quarter the PGRA attends a 'Safer Neighbourhoods' meeting with representatives of our local Police. This is an information sharing forum where Residents' Associations and the public have the opportunity to hear about local policing issues and to voice any concerns and aspirations for the forthcoming quarter. 

It is always encouraging to hear that we live in a ‘relatively’ crime free neighbourhood ward. Latest crime statistics from our local Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) for the last 3 months are:

15 Burglaries

21 Thefts from cars

16 Thefts of vehicles

We have been advised to be vigilant when using mobile phones or tablets in the street, as brazen theft by moped drivers is an increasing problem in London

There has recently been a spate of bogus telephone callers, purporting to be utility or phone/internet providers, attempting to obtain personal banking data.

The Police urge residents to call 101 to report anything suspicious.

Summer Fete, June 2019

Many thanks to everyone who came along and made the 2019 Summer Fete such a success last weekend

The sun eventually shone and a thoroughly good time was had by all

Thanks to all those who helped out with the planning and preparation and the many who gave up their time on the day to be on the stalls, entertain us or simply to lend a hand

We raised over £700 which will all be spent in the local area and across our community

There is a video of the day below and further photo's in the 'Gallery' section of the website.

AGM - October 2019

Our AGM took place on Tuesday 30th October. Thanks to everyone who came along and contributed to the discussion. The minutes of the meeting are uploaded to the website homepage

May 2017 - Rockery Day a Roaring Success

What a day we had. Many thanks to everyone who turned out and helped transform the last patch of weeds at the Crescent Rise flower beds into a rockery fit for the future.

A big thank you to 'Alfie Bines Gardens' who helped us dig to victory and directed us all on the day. Cheers.

Great day. Great fun. Great community effort. Well done everybody. The photos say it all.