Recent News

The Local Government Boundary Commission of England (LGBCE) has published its final recommendations for Hounslow including Turnham Green ward. The recommended changes to Turnham Green ward are that Hounslow residents living on Popes Lane (the south side) and Lionel Road North, and Gunnersbury Park, would be included in an expanded Turnham Green ward which it…

Chiswick’s councillors have published the cultural compendium they compiled to support Hounslow Council’s bid to be Borough of Culture 2021.  It shows Chiswick’s astonishingly rich cultural heritage, the diversity of its current cultural world and looks ahead to the future, making suggestions for improvement and change they would like to be implemented if the council…

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…

TfL commissioned research to determine the shopping behaviour, frequency and spend of visitors by different modes in selected town centres to establish the contribution made by bus users and other modes to the economic health and viability of town centres across London. The 2015 study included town centres with mini-Holland cycling schemes including Enfield. London’s walking and cycling commissioner,…

Councillor Joanna Biddolph has made another appeal for action on the dangerous junction in Chiswick’s Turnham Green ward, where Princes Avenue meets Gunnersbury Lane in the Gunnersbury Park Garden Estate conservation area. She has renewed her call for a mirror to be put on the lamppost opposite the junction which residents have been asking for…

Hounslow’s Conservative councillors met Heidi Alexander, London’s deputy mayor for transport, and Andy Wiseall, TfL’s principal traffic control engineer, to discuss improvements needed in Chiswick during the closure of Hammersmith Bridge Hounslow’s Conservative councillors Patrick Barr, Joanna Biddolph, Sam Hearn and John Todd this morning met London’s deputy mayor for transport Heidi Alexander and TfL principal traffic…

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…

Details of road closures, traffic restrictions, parking and access during the Lovebox/Citadel festivals have been sent to residents.  The letter also includes the residents’ line number and events hub website.  Residents in the Gunnersbury Park Garden Estate, Thorney Hedge Road and Silver Crescent (in Turnham Green ward) and roads in Chiswick Riverside ward should have received…

Councillor Joanna Biddolph has lodged a strong objection to the application for a pop-up bar on Gunnersbury Lane during the Lovebox/Citadel festivals.  Her email to the licensing department of Hounslow council is below. I understand that comments on this application have now been put together but I wanted to write to give my very strongest objection it.  It is…