Category: Pollution

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Councillors have just been told this evening that the Lovebox/Citadel Festivals will return to Gunnersbury Park in 2019. This will be disappointing news to many residents who were significantly affected by the festivals this year.  The three of us – Cllr Ranjit Gill, Cllr Ron Mushiso and Cllr Joanna Biddolph – will be working hard…

Feedback from the two meetings for residents, held on 3rd September, have been published on the Lovebox/Citadel community website. Residents should have received an email informing them that the minutes are available online.  If you haven’t had that email, the minutes are available to download here. Meanwhile, Joanna submitted a 14 page feedback report detailing…