Loveridge Avenue traffic consultation

John Fareham and John Abbott report that the consultation exercise on revisions to the proposed traffic scheme for Loveridge Avenue is now under way.

John Fareham says, “As we have previously reported, the officers have been working to establish whether the presence or absence of public utilities under the carriageway would prevent or allow for  nos. 2-12 Loveridge Avenue to be allowed off street parking. It would now appear that this is practicable so that our information is that the questionnaires will have been circulated after Wednesday afternoon’s meeting of Wyke Area Committee at which the officer responsible was present to discuss another and unrelated matter.”

Briarfield Road waiting restrictions

John Fareham and John Abbott report that Wyke Area Committee have approved finalised plans for the Briarfield Road waiting restrictions.

The report submitted to Committee gave us two choices; one of these was to implement double yellow lines in exactly the same places originally advertised in May 2016, and the other was a slightly revised scheme with shorter double yellow lines allowing for up to three additional parking spaces.  Having discussed the matter we decided to implement the option overwhelmingly preferred by local residents throughout the consultation process.

Newland Park planning appliation

John Fareham and John Abbott have details of a planning application for an extension to a house in multiple occupation in Newland Park.

The application is for permission to adapt a garage block for use as a day room and lounge and at the same time to increase the number of tenants from 10 to 15.  Full details of the application are now downloadable from the Council website; the application reference number is 17/00038/FULL and the channels for expressing an opinion for or against the application are as ever to either e-mail dev.control@hullcc.gov.uk or to write to Planning Services, Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA. Any comments residents may wish to make should be received by the Council by 3^rd February 2017.

Cropton Park parking barriers

John Fareham and John Abbott are working to resolve problems with inattentive parking causing damage to Cropton Park playing fields.

The risk continues to exist of vehicles keeping going, ending up on the rugby field and damaging the playing surface.  We have therefore arranged meetings between the Communities Policing Team and the Neighbourhood Nuisance Team to look into the possibility of providing a barrier that will prevent cars from being driven on to the rugby pitch.  This work is of course still in its early stages but we will naturally report back as soon as we have fuller details of what exactly is proposed.

Government changes to litter penalties

John Fareham and John Abbott report that the Government are considering beefing up the penalties for dropping litter, including specific penalties for drivers and passengers throwing rubbish out of cars such as that which appears regularly on Fairfax Avenue.

Normally, we would not mention national issues here, but the frequency with which takeaway food packaging, including but not exclusively comprising that from McDonalds, has been seen on Fairfax Avenue, and in particular at the southern end, leads us to the view that much of the rubbish found near the junction with Bricknell Avenue is likelier to have been thrown from passing motor vehicles than to have been dropped by pedestrians. We therefore look forward to the formal announcement of these measures, already trailed in the national press, and hope that they will act as a deterrent to the wilful abandonment of rubbish where it does not belong.

Cottingham Road planning application

John Fareham and John Abbott report that a planning application has been received for large Hull University advertising signs on Cottingham Road.

Details of the application are available on the Council website, and can be accessed most easily by using the application reference number 16/01743/ADV. The proposal is for three large signs that can be fastened to lamp standards; these would be 60 cm x 180 cm in size and could be clipped to the lamp-posts. If local residents wish to pass comment on the application, whether for or against, local residents should quote the reference number given above and either e-mail dev.control@hullcc.gov.uk or write to Planning Services, Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU! 2AA. If local residents choose to do so local residents’ comments will need to be in by 27 January 2017.

Chanterlands Avenue North parking

John Fareham and John Abbott are working to resolve issues with inappropriate parking on Chanterlands Avenue North.

We have been notified of local residents experiencing difficulties getting their cars on and off their own properties because other people’s cars are parked in inappropriate positions.  We have therefore referred the matter to the officers who have asked those responsible for parking enforcement to take a look and see if local residents’ concerns are indeed justified.  We would assume that they are – nobody rings the Guildhall and asks to speak to us without at least believing that they have good reason to do so – and we will report any further instances of this kind of inappropriate parking to the officers as and when we hear of them.