National Avenue planning application

John Fareham and John Abbott report that a planning application has been received to vary the design of previously approved changes to the buildings at the Ideal works on National Avenue. John Fareham says, ‘Further details of the application itself are available on the Council website; the applicants, having already been granted planning permission for their original designs, have submitted revised proposals which they think will be more attractive and more in keeping with the rest of the surrounding built environment. Local residents wishing to express an opinion, one way or the other, on these proposals, may as usual do so either by e-mailing dev.control@hullcc.gov.uk or by writing to Planning Services, Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AA. The reference number for the application is 16/00900/RES and comments should be received by 22 July 2016.”

Allderidge Avenue planning application

John Fareham and John Abbott have agreed with officers that a planning application for extensions to a house in Allderidge Avenue is to be rejected. The officers gave consideration to the application when it was received and considered it appropriate to reject it as the proposed alterations were not acceptable in terms of either residential or visual amenity. They then asked us whether we preferred to have it rejected by the officers under delegated authority or to have the matter discussed in open Committee. We both replied that we preferred the former option and, provided the matter is not thereafter taken to appeal, that is where the matter can be expected to rest.

County Road North and Langdale Avenue road markings

John Fareham and John Abbott have secured an undertaking from the officers that the condition of County Road North and Langdale Avenue road markings will be kept under continuous observation. We have received complaints from local residents to the effect that, following resurfacing works some years ago, road markings had not been reinstated as one might have expected on the completion of those works. We therefore referred the matter to the officers who say that, whilst the markings are not yet in a sufficiently distressed condition to warrant immediate repainting, they will nevertheless revisit them in due time to see whether, by that time, they do need attention.

Service 9 bus consultation

John Fareham and John Abbott have details of a forthcoming consultation exercise on the future of tendered bus services such as service 9 to Bricknell Estate. The consultation process will take place between now and the middle of July. Members of the travelling public who use the buses concerned – including a number of services in East Hull – will be invited to complete survey forms which will also be downloadable from the Council website and the websites of the local bus operators. The object of so doing is to gain a clearer picture of what bus passengers want and need in order to make sure that, when the tendering process begins to reprocure these services, the specifications will meet as accurately as possible the actual needs of bus users.

Bishop Alcock Road planning permission

John Fareham and John Abbott report that a planning application has been submitted in respect of reserved matters relating to the previous partial planning permission for 11 new houses on Bishop Alcock Road. The original planning application was approved last year subject to a lengthy list of conditions relating to materials. The applicants have now submitted drawings and the matter will come to Committee in due course for consideration of the remaining matters to be resolved. What this appears to suggest is a genuine commitment to putting this land, previously of course occupied by shops and flats, back into commission; in the light of some of the difficulties previously experienced with alcohol bottles and other packaging being left on site as litter, we cannot but hope that is the outcome that will follow if the Committee are satisfied with the proposals on the matters under discussion.

Cropton Park building works

John Fareham and John Abbott report that the establishment of a store and staff building for forthcoming re-roofing works on Bricknell Estate is expected to act as a deterrent to anti-social behaviour on Cropton Park. The contractors for the works have agreed not to bring a Portakabin with them and dump it on the grass verge but instead to use the currently-empty Cropton Park depot for storing equipment and providing staff facilities. When the programme details are finalised - dates and times have yet to be decided – we will of course pass them on, but for now it is hoped that the contractors’ offer to give the depot a lick of paint and improve security will act as deterrents to such previously observed forms of anti-social behaviour as youths climbing on the depot roof.

Bricknell Estate fly tipping

John Fareham and John Abbott have arranged for the Cottingham end of Bricknell Estate to be included in a Council campaign to discourage fly tipping. Since members were told this campaign was going to happen members from all across the city have been asking for the affected parts of their wards to receive Council literature advising against fly-tipping and offering advice on how to dispose of rubbish responsibly. We for our part asked that this end of the estate, which has areas of open land that in the past have been open targets for irresponsible dumping, should be included in the mail shot; the officers told us that they weren’t sure they had ordered a large enough initial print run to allow for the inclusion of this part of the ward but that if they hadn’t, in the light of the demand from across the city, they would print some more and we could be sure of hereabouts being included on that basis.

Huntley Drive grass verges

John Fareham and John Abbott have arranged for the cutting of overgrown Huntley Drive grass verges. We received complaints from local residents to the effect that overgrown foliage in the grass verges was getting out of hand. We therefore both passed on the complaints we received to the officers who told us that the grass would be cut within 48 hours. Of course once the grass has been cut it will begin to grow back but if there are any further complaints of this kind we will of course refer those to the officers as well. We will also pay particular attention to the tendency of large clumps of foliage to gather round street furniture as this is where the grass grows highest.