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Oval Housing Office closed until further notice

Oval Housing Office damaged by Fire! Update: the Office is scheduled to reopen on Thursday 10 July! An arson attack over the weekend of 21/22 June has caused considerable damage to the reception area at Oval Housing Office. Fortunately nobody was hurt. Notices have been put up around the Estate telling us that the Office will be closed for at least two weeks while it is repaired. Hyde staff will be located at the Stockwell Office for the duration and residents are advised to phone Hyde’s Customer Call Centre (free phone either 0800 3 282 282 (landline) or 0300 1 232 233 (when calling from a mobile) or go to the Stockwell Office at 275-277 Clapham Road, Stockwell, London, SW9 9BH (opening hours: Monday to Wednesday: 9-5pm, Thursday: 9-7pm, Friday: 8-5pm).            

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Elections! Vote! Vote! Vote!

Local council and European parliamentary elections are taking place on Thursday 22 May and it’s important to vote.     Lambeth Council may no longer directly manage our homes on Kennington Park Estate but the TA works closely with our councillors, they come to our meetings, take up individuals’ problems and sit on Hyde committees. The Council’s decisions and the services it provides affect much of our lives, whether it’s emptying the bins, recycling our rubbish, filling in potholes, providing education for our children at Henry Fawcett and other local schools and nurseries, funding and supporting Kennington Park, Durning Library, Oval House Theatre, and many of our local sporting and recreational facilities, providing social care and support for our elderly, young, sick or disabled residents, backing local businesses, creating jobs and apprenticeships or deciding on local planning or licensing applications. Badly hit by central government restrictions and cutbacks, nevertheless our…

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Parking Enforcement – Vote for Wardens!

PARKING ENFORCEMENT – DON’T FORGET TO VOTE! CLOSING DATE IS 10 MARCH The following resolution was agreed without dissent at the TA meeting held on 19 February 2014. Since then Hyde has circulated its final proposals and is asking residents to vote. The TA believes we should vote for Parking Wardens. “KPE TA is appalled at the way Hyde Southbank has conducted its long drawn out and incoherent Parking Enforcement consultation. It notes that the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 banning wheel-clamping took effect on 1 October 2012 and that since that time Hyde Southbank has been collecting money from residents for parking permits without preventing non-permit holders parking on our Estate. It notes that the TA provided constructive and positive suggestions on how to clarify and improve Hyde’s proposals and that most of these have been ignored. Consequently Hyde has been informed that the TA is no longer able…

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Parking Enforcement

Car Parking on Kennington Park Estate 3 – another update! Hyde’s proposals for Parking Enforcement affect all of us, not just car owners. Make sure you vote! We are being asked to choose between three options. We believe that, while there is no ideal way to solve the problem of unauthorised and/or obstructive parking, the best option is Private Ticketing – Parking Wardens who, just like on the streets, can issue tickets and fine drivers without permits, who obstruct the roads or park on double yellows or cross hatched areas. This option is used on other local estates, is self-financing and will not cost residents extra. Most of us don’t have cars and rely on taxis, minicabs and deliveries. We are totally opposed to Barriers into the large Alverstone/Blades/Lockwood and Blythe/Key courtyards as these would block everything from dial-a-ride and patient transport to leaseholders’ plumbers. The idea that we should…

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New Over 50s’ Community Group

Kennington Park Estate’s Over 50s Community Group Mondays, 2-5pm at Kennington Park Community Centre Starts Monday 3rd February A weekly social gathering with food, drink, health advice, exercise and much much more. For more information contact Sonia Reid on 07960 055637 and soniareid@btinternet.com or Felix Dyer, Regeneration Coordinator at Hyde Plus on 02073466586 and felix.dyer@hyde-housing.co.uk

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Parking proposals

Car Parking on Kennington Park Estate 2 – An Update         Hyde has now circulated proposals for enforcing parking arrangements on the estate and is holding a series of meetings to discuss these with residents.   The meetings are in the Community Centre on Thursday 16 January between 10am and 11.30am and Monday 20 January between 6pm and 7.30pm for residents of Alverstone, Blades, Lockwood, Blythe, Key, Abel and Hornby Houses; and on Thursday 16 January between 12 and 1.30pm and Thursday 23 January between 6pm and 7.30pm for residents of Lohmann, Sherwin, Read, Grace and Brockwell Houses. Remember – where cars park on the estate affects all of us, not just car owners. So come along to the meetings and have your say!

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Parking Chaos!

Car Parking on Kennington Park Estate   Car parking on Kennington Park Estate has not been regulated for some time and this is causing a lot of problems.     Hyde circulated a consultation paper to residents in July, which was then withdrawn. We have been promised new proposals and a draft was circulated at the last TA meeting. However, a final version has yet to be sent out to all residents and it looks as though this won’t happen until 2014. Meanwhile, residents – both car owners and non-car owners – continue to have to wend their way round a growing car park. *thanks to Alex for the photo

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Solar Panels for the Oval!

  To start generating energy in Oval, To develop opportunities for a community investment vehicle To increase resilience by reducing our dependence on big energy companies To use retained profits to educate about energy efficiency, tackle fuel poverty and develop partnerships to provide energy efficiency services To provide training and employment for local people a] Being Part of the working group b] Investing in the project. Contact Melanie FM John rainbow@arjun.eclipse.co.uk

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