To be held on Tuesday 19 May 2015 in
St Andrew’s Community Hall (Main Hall), Burnt Ash Lane, starting at 7
30 pm
We are delighted that we will be holding our AGM this year in
the new Community Hall. We do hope that you will able to attend the meeting and
experience this important new local amenity. Even if you are not currently a
member of LERA, you are very welcome to join us.
The AGM provides an excellent opportunity for our members
to get together to talk about local issues and hear from speakers representing
community services. This year we will be electing a new Chair for a 3 year term
as Iliya Ingram, who was elected last year, had to resign as she moved away
from the Estate. We are pleased that Stephen Hodges of Leamington Close has
agreed to stand for this post. Also, Diane Bex and I will be standing for
re-election to our respective posts as Treasurer and Secretary.
During the past year we have continued to work on behalf of
our members to ensure that LERA has a voice in community affairs and to promote
improvements to the safety and cleanliness of our Estate. We have maintained
our engagement with our local Councillors and Bromley Council on a variety of
issues, and contributed to public consultations on such topics as the Council’s
budget planning and maintenance of the Borough’s trees.
Crime and safety
We have represented LERA’s interests on the Community
Advisory Panel (CAP) which co-ordinates with the police and local community
groups to discuss crime and safety issues and other local matters of concern,
as well as on the Borough’s Neighbourhood Watch Association.
We have continued to develop a strong working relationship
with our local police team and Dedicated Ward Officers in alerting them to
problems needing to be addressed and improving communications, and to enable
the members of our Committee and our Street Representatives to be kept up-dated
via email on policing issues. We are pleased to report that the strategies
introduced following the Metropolitan Police’s re-organisation in 2013 have
resulted in the Estate having a low crime rate which is being maintained.
Street cleaning
We have had regular on-site meetings with the Council’s
contractors which have led to improvements in the services provided to the
Estate. These have included the introduction of regular manual litter picking
to deal with the litter that accumulates around the railway bridge in New
Street Hill.
We have also arranged for fly-tipped rubbish to be removed
and co-ordinated the distribution to our residents of net covers for re-cycling
boxes and plastic sacks for collecting leaves cleared from the public roadways.
Communicating with our members
To enable our members to be kept informed of news and other
information of interest and encourage your feedback and comments, we have
developed our channels of communication through the regular Newsletter and our
website (www.leralink.blogspot.co.uk),
and have introduced our own Facebook page (Links Estate Residents Association
Facebook Group).
Development on the Estate
We have co-ordinated awareness of the proposed property
development at the corner of Oak Tree Gardens and Portland Road among our
members. As a result of the response from residents affected, we submitted an
objection to the planning application for which a decision is still awaited.
It is very important that we maintain a strong Residents’
Association to co-ordinate and represent the Links Estate’s interests in
matters affecting our community and we really do need your support. If you
would like to become more involved with our work, please let me or your Street
Representative know.
We look forward to welcoming you to our AGM. Copies of the
Agenda and the Accounts will be available at the meeting.
Light refreshments will be available after the meeting when
you will have the opportunity to mingle with other members.
Pat Pattenden
Secretary on
behalf of the Committee
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