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How the council plays its
part on the movie and TV
stage.
Shut out
Fly-tipping and antisocial behaviour in an
alleyway connecting
three roads in Northolt
has driven residents mad for years. But it has now
been stopped.
The alley between Castle Road, Gonville Crescent and
Ribblesdale Avenue had become a dumping ground for
all kinds of waste and it started to impact on the lives of
residents, attracting rats.
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Eventually, the residents of the area all came together,
with the help of Ealing Police and the council’s safer
communities team, and successfully applied to the council
for its resident-led gating scheme.
This would mean steel, lockable gates would be installed
by the council at each entrance of the alleyway – with the
keys held by residents.
However, before the gates could be installed, the alleyway
had to be cleared of is mountain of rubbish. The council
arranged for the borough’s community payback service
(what used to be called ‘community service’), to bring in
low-level offenders to help shift the waste.
A committee of residents has now been formed to
oversee the scheme, and maintain the area.
Funny conversation
Comedian Greg Davies was filming
his new series of Man Down in the
borough recently and we had a chat
with him, ahead of the show airing on
Channel 4 later this summer. Read it
at ealingnewsextra.co.uk/blog
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Summer 2016
INTERESTED IN THE GATING?
Visit www.ealing.gov.uk/communitysafety for more
information and download an application form. Or call the
team on 020 8825 7757 for more details. Before applying
you will need to make sure you have the consent of every
resident with access to the alleyway.
Report fly-tipping by calling 020 8825 6000 or
going online at www.ealing.gov.uk/reportit
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