Category: Community

Chiswick Conservative councillors have given a cautious welcome to the recent announcement by the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LBH&F), endorsed by London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner Will Norman, that “Cycle Superhighway 9 is no more in Hammersmith & Fulham”.  They have written to LBH&F leader Cllr Steve Cowan, and Hounslow (LBH) council’s leader…

An open letter from Helen Osman, an Enfield resident who promotes Winchmore Hill, to Professor Tom Pike’s emails and Tweets  in which he counters what local traders say has happened to shops, cafes and restaurants as a result of the Enfield mini-Holland scheme.  Dear Professor Pike, I have been forwarded several emails and tweets relating to your…

Gunnersbury Park CIC is holding a workshop discussion on how the park should be run.  And MAMACO, in effect Lovebox/Citadel, is establishing a Community Advisory Board to ensure it is accountable, responsive and having a community benefit. It’s not enough but it’s a step in the right direction.   After calling for several years for the Gunnersbury…

The Conservative Group of Chiswick Councillors held their annual general meeting last night, Thursday 16th May, a meeting held once a year to reflect on the previous year, the coming year and to elect the officers for the Conservative Group for the next 12 months. Councillor Joanna Biddolph (Turnham Green ward) was elected leader of…

Thanks to a resident posting on the chiswickw4.com discussion forum about an unauthorised encampment in Turnham Green ward late tonight, I immediately alerted Lendlease, the owner of this empty car park, the police and the Hounslow enforcement officer. In fact, Lendlease was already aware having been alerted by its 24-hour security service. The unauthorised encampment…

The council’s overview and scrutiny committee (OSC) has just started reviewing the borough’s library services. Two Turnham Green ward councillors – Ron Mushiso and Joanna Biddolph – are members of OSC and would like Chiswick residents’ views on the library service. Do you use the library regularly or occasionally and, if so, what’s good about…

Joanna spent Monday, 25th February 2019 in Enfield listening to independent traders about their experience of the Mini-Holland scheme along the A105 through Palmers Green and Green Lanes then on to Winchmore Hill. This is her report. What they told me wasn’t a surprise – traders have been saying out loud what TfL doesn’t want…

It’s two years since plans first emerged for the B&Q site (on the North Circular/Gunnersbury Avenue just north of Chiswick roundabout) for six blocks of flats (mostly for students) up to 22 storeys high plus a cinema (if my memory is correct).  Those plans have been shelved. The proposal is now for “the world’s first…

Responding to recent incidents in Turnham Green ward, and increased concern about crime and policing in Chiswick, we (all nine of your local Hounslow councillors) have organised a public meeting for Chiswick residents and traders about the future of policing in Chiswick.     It’s on Wednesday, 19th December at St Michael & All Angels, Bath…

After a flurry of posts on www.chiswickw4.com forum about flytipping (headed Hounslow Borough – Fly Tippers’ paradise) and criticisms from Councillor Guy Lambert about Joanna’s contribution to his workshop on tackling Hounslow’s streetscene, she has decided to post the exchange and, more importantly, the contribution she made so others can judge whether they are relevant…