BEWARE! GARDENERS FLY TIPPING ON THE LINKS ESTATE

The following warning from our local police team alerts residents about gardeners currently operating on our Estate who are cold calling on residents and using our alleyways and pathways to dump garden refuse.  We understand that the incident on Wednesday 24th August involved the alleyway between Portland Road and Leamington Avenue.

All fly tipping is illegal.  If you experience or witness incidents taking place, please contact Bromley Trading Standards or the police as appropriate on the numbers in bold below. Reporting incidents promptly may enable the offenders to be apprehended.

If you engage gardeners or builders or hire skips, you are strongly advised to obtain assurance from the contractor that all debris will be disposed of both legally and sustainably. If your waste is flytipped and can be traced back to you the Council may prosecute you for flytipping.

MESSAGE FROM PLAISTOW AND SUNDRIDGE SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM

Today – Wednesday 24/08/2016 a resident of PORTLAND ROAD had some work done in their front garden by 2 males, they were employed to cut down and take away an over grown bush/tree. Although the work was completed and to a good standard the bags of cuttings and other rubbish was dumped in a side street around the corner from the address.

The males were driving a silver 15 plate car and didn’t appear to have a van/truck the only equipment they had was a newish pair of heavy duty cutters, they gave the company name as A J GARDENING, Telephone 02082656496 number is unavailable and 07961265454 goes directly to voice mail. They did not overly charge for the work but obviously did not have any intention of disposing of the rubbish legally.

Please report to trading standards if you or somebody you know is affected by rogue traders by Email on trading.standards@bromley.gov.uk or by phone 0300 303 8657. If the traders are there and you suspect they might be trying to scam you the rapid response number is 07903852090 or call Police on 101 non-emergency or 999 if they are there.

Dumped rubbish - flytipping

Flytipping is the illegal dumping of waste. Flytipping can be anything from a black bag of domestic waste to a lorry load of construction waste. As well as damaging our environment, every year flytipping costs millions nationally to investigate and clear up.

You can report flytipped waste on a street or in a park to Bromley Council. If the waste is on private land, it is the landowner's responsibility to clear, not the council's

Links Estate neighbours on Nextdoor

Some residents may have received a note/leaflet posted by 
'The Links Estate Neighbours on Nextdoor'. 

A number of residents have questioned whether this is connected with LERA. Please be aware that this does not come from LERA and is not connected in any way with the Committee or membership of the Links Estate Residents Association. If you want to contact LERA you should continue to do so through our representative for your street, our Facebook Group or our website.

Thanks

Stephen Hodges

Chair of LERA

Chinbrook Dog Show Sunday 21st August

LERA Information Protocol 2016

The LERA Information Protocol has been updated and can be viewed by clicking on the link in the Home window on the right hand side of this Window

Minutes of the annual general meeting 16 May 2016

  

Minutes of the annual general meeting

Held on Monday 16th may 2016 at 7 30pm

At St Andrew’s hall, Burnt Ash Lane

1.  Welcome and introduction

Stephen Hodges welcomed members to the meeting.  He extended a special welcome to the guests - Councillors Peter Morgan, Michael Turner and Ellie Harmer; Sergeant Neil Phillips, PC Amy Barnes and PCSO Peter Scott of Plaistow and Sundridge – North East Neighbourhood Team; Reverend Liz Davis; and Tony Isbitt (Chairman) and Cheryl Mulryne (Secretary) of the Safer Neighbourhood Panel - and to Andrew Martin who would be giving a presentation on local history.

Stephen said that this was a particularly special year as it marked LERA’s 25^th anniversary and he invited everyone to join the celebratory refreshments after the meeting.  He explained that the agenda differed slightly from previous years and instead of keynote speakers from community services, the latter part of the programme would be devoted to Andrew’s presentation.

This is just the introduction to the minutes

To see the full minutes click on the link in the Home window 

or follow this link http://leralink.blogspot.co.uk/p/minutes-of-annual-general-meeting-16.html

More Cold calling scams

Hot off the Press! Details of scams reported to Bromley Trading Standards this week:

Scam 1 - Residents are reporting receiving telephone calls from a company claiming to be working with Bromley Council and offering to assist with previous accidents claims.   One 90 year old resident received repeated calls from the company, calling themselves Accident Investigation Service, telling him he had been awarded £3,000 in compensation for an accident in the B orough but he would have to pay £200 in cash in order to claim it. 

Scam 2 - A resident has been scammed into paying thousands of pounds for bogus property repairs. The consumer, an older female, was cold called by two men claiming to working on the property next door and who told her there were significant damp problems in the loft. She was asked to pay several thousand pounds for the hire of essential equipment in order that emergency repairs could be conducted. She was later told the work was no longer necessary and she would be refunded but in order to do so a further payment would be required for financial regulations.   Trading Standards w as alerted to the incident when the resident went to her bank to make further cash withdrawals. 

Scam 3 - A tree company has door knocked on the door of an 80 year old ma n in Petts Wood and persuaded him to part with money for gardening work. An initial payment of £400 was made and the gang was due to return the following day to collect a further £1,100. The family of the resident alerted Trading Standards who attended and confronted the gang, who then ran off. They were driving a lorry with the words “Local Tree Services”.

Trading Standards reminds residents to:

* be suspicious

* never deal on the doorstep

* never be pressured into making quick decisions

* never give personal or bank details top anyone

Call the Trading Standards rapid response number, 07903 852090 if you have any concerns or you want to report suspicious activity in your area.

Kind regards,

Bromley Neighbourhood Watch Association ​

Find us on the Web at: www.bnwa.co.uk

St Andrew's Hall Strawberry Tea 3rd July