Category: Environment

So much has been written about TfL’s controversial Streetspace schemes and low traffic neighbourhood schemes (LTNs), or discussed at meetings, it’s easy to lose track of important articles, surveys, consultations, research findings and petitions.  This compendium will be added to as and when to create a useful resource for Chiswick residents and businesses.  Hounslow Council…

Hounslow’s Chiswick councillors tabled a motion of no confidence in council leader Steve Curran for debate at the Hounslow borough council meeting on Tuesday, 10th November 2020. This is what Cllr Ranjit Gill would have said if the Labour group hadn’t ended the debate early, stifling discussion.  The Leader of the Council is meant to…

Hounslow’s Chiswick councillors tabled a motion of no confidence in council leader Steve Curran for debate at the Hounslow borough council meeting on Tuesday, 10th November 2020. Cllr Joanna Biddolph of Turnham Green ward seconded the motion. Her speech is below.  Thank you Mr Mayor. I’m seconding this motion because of the total lack of regard…

All nine councillors representing Hounslow’s Chiswick wards have signed an open letter to the secretary of state urging him to act swiftly to reverse the damaging new traffic measures and prevent others in the pipeline being implemented without full a public consultation and a thorough review by independent professionals. Speaking for all the councillors, Cllr…

The six councillors for central Chiswick, representing Chiswick Homefields and Turnham Green wards, have jointly called on Cllr Hanif Khan, Hounslow cabinet member for transport, traffic and parking, to visit central Chiswick and see for himself the difficulties caused to residents and traders by the recently imposed road closures. Turnham Green ward councillor Joanna Biddolph…

The Chiswick Shops Task Force, led by councillors from both councils that incorporate Chiswick, has published its first report: Ensuring a thriving retail economy in Chiswick. Nearly 18 months in the preparation, this detailed report highlights the threats to Chiswick’s unusually varied retail districts but also identifies opportunities to improve them further. Besides the obvious…

The Conservative Group on Hounslow Council has today published its policy on walking and cycling following the Prime Minister’s announcement of additional funds to promote walking and cycling as we all adapt to living with COVID-19. The Hounslow Council Conservative group has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of additional funds to promote walking and cycling as…

We have been warned that Festival Republic, a well-known concert organiser, wants to announce before this weekend, and before having the necessary permissions and contract in place, that a festival called Gunnersville will be taking place in Gunnersbury Park over three days in September.  This arrangement has been described to us by the CIC as…

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…

After receiving complaints from residents, and reading about others’ irritations on social media (including from people who regularly cycle), I asked whether we could reassess the contract with Mobikes to manage the sudden proliferation of bikes – including many left inconsiderately, blocking bike racks so others can’t park their own bikes or left across pavements…