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Now dumping added to Foxwood empty home blight
A traffic sign and bin bags have been dumped outside 9 Bradley Drive.
9 Bradley Drive
The property has been empty for about 6 years. The Council was on the brink of gaining possession of the problem property – whose owner has absconded – in 2011 but the initiative was abandoned by the new Labour Council.
Two years later they did restart proceedings but little progress has been made and the building remains a target for vandals.
The Council has failed to improve the eyesore.
Positive response to Bellwood estate concerns
Landlords promise quick action
Dumping
Access Housing, who manage Foxwood’s Bellhouse estate, have promised quick action to deal with residents concerns.
We reported yesterday about growing concerns about litter, dumping, overgrown hedges and other issues which are blighting the estate.
Now Access have promised that there will be a tidy up starting on Wednesday (12th March).
A part time caretaker is being engaged to undertake this type of work.
Contractors will be brought in the cut back hedges and smarten up the planted areas. It is hoped that the verges will also be edged.
Action is promised to improve the play area on Linnet Way.
The estate manager for the area is Jo Caveney. She holds a fortnightly surgery for residents and can be contacted on 0345 678 0573 (Email: joanne.caveney@accentgroup.org )
A64 improvements plan
The Council are to support a bid for targeted improvements to the A64 Trunk Road to Scarborough.
If approved, an MOU will underline City of York Council’s support for a York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership strategy to be submitted to the government this month.
International Women’s Week events in York
International Women’s Week, from 8-15 March will be marked with a vibrant and thought-provoking series of events this week by City of York Council’s libraries.
An event, ‘Find your words, Find your voice’ will take place on Wednesday 12 March from 10.30am-1pm at Dringhouses library. Join Pauline Kirk, novelist and editor, and Rose Drew, poet and editor, and enjoy developing the craft of writing and publicly sharing work. Tickets are £4 and include refreshments. They are available from dringhouses.library@york.gov.uk or phone (01904) 552674.